Life in Ancient PolynesiaIntriguing coloring chronicles history of Polynesian people in 44 carefully researched and meticulously rendered illustrations. Includes images of Polynesian sailing vessels, a fortified village, a Maori meeting house, symbols of royalty, hunters and ceremonial dancers, islanders weaving baskets, practicing the art of tattooing, mourning the dead, and much more. Captions. |
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Aotearoa arioi bark-cloth became the ancestors Bird-man cult birds carving chiefs ali'i Chiefs and warriors coconut fiber descendants of gods double canoes double-hulled canoe feathers fierce Fiji Haka Hawai'i between A.D. Hawai'ian islands Hokule'a hula hulls inhabitants of Rapa initial settlement intricate social island Asians island to island isolated environment Kava ceremony Kupe land later wave levels of rank lived Maori Marae Marquesas islands matai chief Matai system Moa hunters moai moko neck ornament Nui Easter Island Orongo Pacific Ocean paepae palm forest percussion instruments performed Polynesian civilization Polynesian cultural Polynesian double-hulled Polynesian migration Polynesian navigator Polynesian Triangle Polynesians sailed Ra'iatea Rapa Nui Easter reached Hawai'i ritual sacred Samoa skill Society islands SOCIETY Tahiti standing dance symbol Tahitian tapa cloth tapu tatau tattooing taupou TONGA COOK traditional navigational tribal tribes Tu'i Tonga volcanic stone voyagers sailed voyaging canoes Warfare wayfinding western Polynesia woven pandang breadfruit Zealand