Learn about the cultures and traditions, past and present, of the people of the Pacific Islands.
 
In the Pacific Culture Galleries you will find an outstanding collection of masks, ceremonial items, tools and instruments all with their story to tell.
 
The Polynesian gallery displays items from islands encompassed by Hawaii, Easter Island and Tonga, plus Micronesia. Among the many highlights are an Easter Island moai statue, the only known piece of pre-European stone carving from Pitcairn Island and a red and yellow feather cape formerly owned by Liliuokalani, the last reigning monarch of Hawaii.
 
The Melanesian gallery displays artefacts made and used by people from the islands of this area of the Pacific, from New Guinea to Fiji. Highlights include a superb group of carved figures from the Santa Cruz Islands, 3300 year old Lapita artefacts from the Kamgot site in the Anir Island group, malangan carvings from New Ireland, Asmat art, tree fern sculptures from Vanuatu, and fantastic masks from the Torres Strait Islands.

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