Containing and Embodying Divinity:: Basketry, Gods and Chiefs in Polynesia

Steven Hooper

Containing and Embodying Divinity: Basketry, Gods and Chiefs in Polynesia

Sainsbury Research Unit for the Arts of Africa, Oceania and the Americas

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter (peer-reviewed) › peer-review

Abstract

The little-known but important role of basketry in creating pre-Christian Polynesian god images is presented and analysed in terms of capturing and containing divine power

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Basketry & Beyond
Subtitle of host publication	Constructing Cultures
Editors	T.A. Heslop, Helen Anderson
Place of Publication	Norwich
Publisher	Sainsbury Research Unit
Pages	112-127
Number of pages	16
ISBN (Print)	978-1916133648, 978-1916133655
Publication status	Published - 2020

Keywords

Basketry
Divinity
Polynesia
Sacrifice
Container

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Containing and Embodying Divinity: Basketry, Gods and Chiefs in Polynesia

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