Marquesans - Marquesas Islands
Marquesans | Te Pua O Feani, Atuona, Hiva Oa, Marquesas Islands | French Polynesia, 2016
Traditionally, Marquesans wore clothing made of leaves and grasses, and decorated with animal teeth and beads. Nowadays their skirts are more likely to be made of cloth than grass. Marquesan men and women alike wear a pareu, a colourful sarong skirt wrapped around the waist.
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Editions
Limited to 19
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frame
Wallnut wood
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glass
Musem glass
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Sizes
074 x 062 cm - Edition of 9
120 x 100 cm - Edition of 6
170 x 140 cm - Edition of 3
207 x 170 cm - Edition of 1
