Polynesia Collection

Beach on the Island of Tonga
A photograph taken during the voyage of H.M.S. Challenger (1872-1876) funded by the British Government for scientific purposes

Explorer Thor Heyerdahl with his wife Jacqueline - 3
Thor Heyerdahl 1914-2002 - Kon Tiki explorer - with his wife Jacqueline at his home in Tenerife, Canary Islands Date: 1995

Jean Baptiste Capri, a French deserter who lived on Nuku Hiva, Marquesas Islands, with tattoos. Handcoloured stipple engraving from Frederic Shoberls The World in Miniature, The South Sea Islands

Native woman of Easter Island or Rapa Nui. Handcoloured stipple engraving from Frederic Shoberls The World in Miniature, The South Sea Islands, Ackermann, 1824

Man carrying fruit on a pole, Tahiti, French Polynesia. Date: 1922

Dancer in traditional costume, Tahiti, French Polynesia
Dancer in traditional costume, including an elaborate hat or tiara made of red hibiscus flowers, and a silver-coloured dress made of raffia, Tahiti, French Polynesia

Tribal masks, Papua, Victorian period

Boy Scouts, Port Moresby, Papua, early 1900s

A village is Samoa, Victorian period

Fishing boats, Samoa, Victorian period

A Talo-Tasi, Samoa, Victorian period

Natives Of Tahiti
A group portrait engraving of four natives of Tahiti, in French Polynesia, sitting cross legged, one seems to be using an upturned cooking vessel as a drum. Date: circa 1901

Cloak that the Hawaiian chiefs wore as a symbol of status
Cloak that the Hawaiian chiefs wore as a symbol of their high social status. Feather and vegetale fibre. Polynesia. Hawaiian Islands, United States. Last third of the 18th century

SANDWICH ISLANDS (Polynesia) mourning the dead Date: 1844

Otaheiteans or natives of Tahiti, Polynesia, 1818. Tahitian man and woman in cloak and skirt in front of a palm tree. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Mary Anne Vennings A Geographical Present

Man and woman of Guianna or Guyana, South America, 1818. They wear striped skirts, carry bow, arrows and basket in front of a cabin or carbet

Man and woman of Nuku Hiva, Marquesas Islands, Polynesia
Man and woman of Nuku Hiva (St. Christian), Marquesas Islands, Polynesia, 1818. Chief and woman in elaborate feather headdress, cloak and robes with basket and stick

Inhabitants of California, America, 1818. They wear feather headdresses, and the woman wears a grass skirt and carries a basket on a stick

View of Tahiti, French Polynesia, South Pacific
View of Tahiti (Otaheite), French Polynesia, South Pacific. Date: 1843

Double canoe of New Caledonia. Handcoloured stipple engraving from Frederic Shoberls The World in Miniature, The South Sea Islands, Ackermann, 1824

Kadoo, a native of the Caroline Islands, with elongated earlobes, necklace and tattoos. Handcoloured stipple engraving from Frederic Shoberls The World in Miniature, The South Sea Islands, Ackermann

Woman of the Caroline Islands. Queen of the Caroline Islands holding a leaf parasol, her limbs tattooed. Handcoloured stipple engraving from Frederic Shoberls The World in Miniature

King of the Caroline Islands. Chief with elongated earlobes and body tattoos. Handcoloured stipple engraving from Frederic Shoberls The World in Miniature, The South Sea Islands, Ackermann, 1824

Native man of distinction from Nuku Hiva, Marquesas Islands, with club, fan, loincloth and full body tattoos. Handcoloured stipple engraving from Frederic Shoberls The World in Miniature

Maori man of New Zealand. Handcoloured stipple engraving from Frederic Shoberls The World in Miniature, The South Sea Islands, Ackermann, 1824

Vouacece, Fijian chief. Man of the Feejee Islands. Handcoloured stipple engraving from Frederic Shoberls The World in Miniature, The South Sea Islands, Ackermann, 1824

Native man of Easter Island or Rapa Nui. Handcoloured stipple engraving from Frederic Shoberls The World in Miniature, The South Sea Islands, Ackermann, 1824

Mai or Omai, young Ra iatean man, Society Islands, in turban and cape. The second Pacific Islander to visit Europe after Ahu-toru

Pacific swallow, Hirundo tahitica (Otaheite swallow, Hirundo tahitiae). Handcoloured copperplate drawn and engraved by John Latham from his own A General History of Birds, Winchester, 1823

Interior of a Morai or sacred cemetery on Kauai, Hawaii (Atooi). Interior of a long house or mana in the heiau (morai) at Waimea with carved representations of the gods

Young woman of Tahiti, French Polynesia, surrounded by large leaves. Date: 1922

Man of Mangareva, Gambier Islands, French Polynesia
Native man of Mangareva, Gambier Islands, French Polynesia. Date: 1922

Musician with large drum, Tahiti, French Polynesia. He is wearing traditional native costume, while the drum is a modern French military instrument. Date: 1922

KON-TIKI MUSEUM
The famous raft the Kon-Tiki, at the museum in Oslo. Thor Heyerdahl sailed across the Pacific (1947), proving that Polynesian settlers could have sailed from Polynesia to Peru. Date: 1960s

PACIFIC / TUAMOTU C1880
Tuamotu archipelago, French Polynesia: a typical landscape Date: circa 1880

Explorer Thor Heyerdahl - 7
Thor Heyerdahl 1914-2002 - Kon Tiki explorer at his home in Tenerife, Canary Islands. He is pictured on the Pyramids of Guimar, Tenerife Date: 1995

Explorer Thor Heyerdahl - 6
Thor Heyerdahl 1914-2002 - Kon Tiki explorer at his home in Tenerife, Canary Islands. Aged 80, he started digging a swimming pool in his garden - by hand Date: 1995

Explorer Thor Heyerdahl - 5
Thor Heyerdahl 1914-2002 - Kon Tiki explorer at his home in Tenerife, Canary Islands Date: 1995

Explorer Thor Heyerdahl - 4
Thor Heyerdahl 1914-2002 - Kon Tiki explorer at his home in Tenerife, Canary Islands Date: 1995

Explorer Thor Heyerdahl - 1
Thor Heyerdahl 1914-2002 - Kon Tiki explorer at his home in Tenerife, Canary Islands Date: 1995

Explorer Thor Heyerdahl - 2
Thor Heyerdahl 1914-2002 - Kon Tiki explorer at his home in Tenerife, Canary Islands Date: 1995

Polynesians with spear, bow and arrow and leaf-shaped paddle
Four Polynesian Men and a boy armed with spear, bow and arrows and leaf-shaped paddle! Date: circa 1920s

Queen Pornare, Tahiti, Society Islands
A photograph taken during the voyage of H.M.S. Challenger (1872-1876) funded by the British Government for scientific purposes

Solomon Islands Women
Women of Rennell Island, Solomons (Polynesia) tattooed on arms and legs, chest and belly Date: 1908

Journey of Otto von Kotzebue exploring the Pacific Ocean (1815-1818). Indigenous inhabitants of Easter Island. Illustration by Louis Choris in Voyage dans le Pacifique. Plate XI

Tahiti scene by Leon Carre
Illustration by Leon Carre to accompany a story in The Illustrated London News Christmas Number 1930 entitled, Tahiti Tihare - a Polynesian Legend

Boy scout on Tuvalu, Gilbert Islands, Pacific
Boy scout plaiting palm leaves on Tuvalu, Gilbert Islands, Pacific. Date: 1979

Government rest house, Tuvalu, Gilbert Islands, Pacific. Date: 1977

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