Temple / model

Description

Model of a temple, with reed framework similar to that used in house building, covered with wrought sinnet: Pacific Peoples, Fiji

Museum reference

A.1868.79.2

Collection

Oceania

Object name

Temple / model

Production information

Fiji, Polynesia

Style / Culture

Fijian
Pacific Peoples
Melanesian

Materials

Reed, Sinnet

Physical description

Reed framework covered with wrought sinnet

Exhibitions

• Pacific Encounters: Art and Divinity in Polynesia 1760 - 1860 (21 May 2006 - 14 Sep 2008)
  Sainsbury Centre for Visual Arts
  Musée du Quai Branly