TY  - CHAP
AU  - Wilhelmina Haslwanter, Katharina
AU  - Nuku, Maia
AU  - Nuku, Maia
AU  - Haslwanter Wilhelmina, Katharina
AB  - This article is concerned with cosmological concepts of the peoples of Polynesia in the Pacific. Following a creation myth from Tahiti, the authors explore the realms of te ao (the world of space and light which came to be inhabited by humans) and te po (the engulfing darkness, associated with the night, the ancestors and spirits) by investigating artefacts from the region. Certain qualities of the rare materials used in the highly skilled making, and the knowledge of the utilisation of these artefacts enabled pacific islanders to establish a connection to divine entities but also to protect themselves of their powers. Many of the cosmological principles finally can be rediscovered in the objects themselves, which therefore are a study of the cosmos in miniature.
DO  - 10.26530/OAPEN_615699
ID  - OAPEN ID: 615699
ID  - OAPEN ID: OCN: 1030817661
KW  - material culture
KW  - ritual
KW  - pacific
KW  - te ao, te po
KW  - artefacts
KW  - mana
KW  - objects
KW  - polynesia
KW  - cosmology
KW  - anthropology
KW  - material culture
KW  - ritual
KW  - pacific
KW  - te ao
KW  - te po
KW  - artefacts
KW  - mana
KW  - objects
KW  - polynesia
KW  - cosmology
KW  - anthropology
KW  - Austral-Inseln
KW  - Ethnographie
KW  - Kosmologie
KW  - London
KW  - Marquesas
KW  - Perlmutt
KW  - Tahiti
L1  - https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/id/eaf62a29-d572-4d96-8c18-3b651cb13897/615699.pdf
LA  - German
LK  - http://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/32141
PB  - Scheidegger & Spiess
PY  - 2014
TI  - Chapter Rubinrote Federn, Walzähne und schimmerndes Perlmutt: polynesische Kosmologie in Ritualobjektennull
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