Museums in Genoa
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lei - necklace
Shells, vegetable fibres
Hawaii
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lei - necklace / 2
Shells, vegetable fibres of Touchardia latifolia (olona)
Hawaii
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D'Albertis Enrico Alberto 1932
lei - necklace / 3
C.D.A.3262
Hawaii
Le conchiglie venivano raccolte dalle donne, in gruppo o da sole, sulla riva, lavate, asciugate e suddivise per specie o dimensioni. Una giornata veniva dedicata alla foratura che a seconda delle dimensioni della conchiglia veniva effettuata con attrezzi diversi
Ornamentale Vita quotidiana
Hawaii
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Ornament
Shells, vegetable fibres
East Polynesia
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Ke’a tuki popoi
volcanic stone
The dough for the popoi is beaten for a long time with the pestle on a thick wooden table, hoana, slightly concave, to soften it.
Isole Marchesi
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Ike
wood
Mazzuolo for kahu, vegetable cloth made by women. The engravings and the reliefs on the surfaces of the mallets vary according to the different phases of the manufacture.
Isole Marchesi
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E. A. D'Albertis 1932
documentazione
Ke’a tuki popoi / 2
C.D.A.1037
Hawaii
Anticamente la pietra veniva lavorata a percussione e levigata su rocce o con sabbia.
Usato per la preparazione dell'impasto del "popoi", cibo quotidiano costituito dal "mei", il frutto dell’albero del pane (Artocarpus altilis). Dopo la cottura il "mei", frutto dell'albero del pane (Artocarpus altilis), veniva pelato e grattugiato con schegge di conchiglia o di pietra. Gli uomini, seduti per terra all'estremità di un'asse di legno lievemente concava che avevano precedentemente inumidito con acqua, schiacciavano il "mei" con colpi brevi e veloci del pestello. Successivamente l'impasto veniva mescolato ad acqua o latte di cocco. Vita quotidiana
Pestle used in the preparation of popoi, daily food consisting of the fruit, mei, the bread tree (Artocarpus altilis) mixed with water or coconut milk.
Isole Marchesi
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To'i - axe
Wood, stone, vegetable fibres
The quality of the materials and the manufacture indicate that it was used in sacred works, for example in the construction of war canoes. The functionality of this type of tool was such that the Tahitians, in the eighteenth century, bought European axes to replace the stone blades with those of iron while maintaining the traditional body.
Tahiti, Society Islands
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Male costume for dance
Dyed vegetable fibres of Hibiscus tiliaceus (purau)
Per confezionare i costumi maschili e femminili da danza si utilizzano, dopo averle tinte, le fibre lunghe, morbide e resistenti ottenute dalla parte interna della corteccia (more) del purau, uno degli alberi più diffusi in gran parte della Polinesia orientale.
Tahiti, Isole della Società
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Boomerang (return trajectory)
wood
The return-trajectory boomerang - the only authentic boomerang in the proper sense - must be manufactured in a uniform manner, including a curvature in the center of about 135,- blunt or slightly salient on the convex side. It’s used as a hobby.
Launched with dexterity, it begins to rotate swiftly on itself rising in the air in the vertical plane of launch, then tilts laterally until it gradually reaches the horizontal position. It can describe a series of circles up to the descending trajectory that deposits it near the pitcher. The range, up to about 100 m, is shorter than that of the boomerang of no return, because part of the propulsion force is used for the return trajectory.
Murray River Region, Southeast Australia
