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Oceania will be the largest collection of Pacific art ever on show in Europe.
Ahu ula (feather cloak) belonging to Liholoho, Kamehameha II, Early 19th century. Feathers, fibre, painted barkcloth (on reverse). 207 cm Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, University of Cambridge (PHOTO: Royal Academy of Arts & University of Cambridge)
Tooi [Tuai], Drawing of Korokoro's moko, 1818. Paper, 30 x 50 cm. Sir George Grey Special Collections, Auckland Libraries. (PHOTO: Royal Academy of Arts & Auckland Libraries)
Tene Waitere, Tā Moko panel, 1896-99. (PHOTO: The Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa)
Feather god image (akua hulu manu), Late 18th century, Hawaiian Islands. Fibre, feathers, human hair, pearl shell, seed, dog teeth, 62 x 30 cm. (PHOTO: The Trustees of the British Museum)
Canoe prow figure Nguzunguzu; wood, pigments, resin, shell; 16,5 x 9 x 15,5 cm; Marovo Lagoon, New Georgia Archipelago, Solomon Islands; collection Eugen Paravicini 1929. (PHOTO: Derek Li Wan Po; 2013; all rights reserved)
Lisa Reihana, In Pursuit of Venus [infected], 2015-2017 (detail). Single-channel video, HD, colour, 7.1 sound. Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, gift of the Patrons of the Auckland Art Gallery, 2014 (PHOTO: Image courtesy of the artist and ARTPROJECTS)
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