Describes works created by inhabitants of the Polynesian Islands. Polynesians are well known for their traditional wood-carving, barkcloth, mat-making, tattoo, and other body arts. Polynesian art was greatly developed, but little of what existed has survived to the modern day due to the perishability of the utilized material - bark cloth, basketry, and featherwork. Although architecture was developed everywhere in Polynesia, only the ruined stone structures of the eastern Polynesian islands remain proof of the Polynesians' exceptional architectural skill.
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Oceanic (6591)
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<Polynesian regional styles> (116)
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Polynesia
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