Kanak, Fiji, and Palau

Kanak chief’s house etching

Kanak chief’s house from an 1846 drawing

Photo of Kanak chief’s house

Kanak roof finial carving from chief’s house

Kanak center post from chief’s house depicting dancing figure

Kanak post figure depicting a deity wearing a mask

Kanak spirit mask drawing

Kanak spirit mask

Kanak image of a New Caledonian masked spirit

Kanak masked spirit

Two types of Kanak weapons

Kanak ceremonial axe with circular blade and small spirit face

Fijian spirit house from the 1850s with yagona dish (duck) and victim

Fiji, Priest’s yagona dish in the shape of a flying duck

Fiji, Priest’s yagona dish in the shape of a human

Fijian cannibal forks

Fijian war god spirit house

Fiji ancestor spirit image as hook figure

Fijian female ancestor (or deity) figure

Fijian warrior dressed for war

Fijian war clubs

Fijian war clubs

Fiji, drawing of chief Komai Navunibua with mother-of-pearl shell and whale tooth ivory breastplate

Fiji, illustration of whale ivory breastplate

Fijian chief dressed with over 600 yards of dark barkcloth for welcoming ceremony

Fijian woman with tattoos

Fijian barkcloth from Lau Island

Matavulo mask from Fiji probably associated with spirits and agricultural rites

Men’s house on Palau watercolor

Palau, front gable of bai 133 at Ngardolok village

Palau, back gable of bai 133 at Ngardolok village

Palau bai with dilukai figure on the facade

Palau sword-shaped club with shell inlay

A Palau offering stand with human figures and inlaid shell ornaments

Palau bird-shaped ceremonial bowl

Palau shell-inlaid box with various motifs