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Chiefs & Governors: Art and Power in Fiji

Dr Anita Herle - Lead Curator

The exhibition includes 252 objects of which 248 are from MAA’s collections Chiefs & Governors was inspired by MAA’s outstanding Fijian collections, including material acquired by the residents of Governor Arthur Gordon’s household shortly after Fiji’s cession to the British Crown in 1874. The exhibition provides a nuanced portrayal of complex interactions between chiefs and governors during the early colonial period. The displays explore the power of Fijian objects in the past and present, highlighting their ongoing significance to central aspects of indigenous Fijian sociality and current research. Chiefs & Governors is one of the outcomes of the Fijian arts research project (2011 – 2014) funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council. The exhibition is accompanied by a catalogue of 136 pages with 189 illustrations. Further information about the exhibition and the Fijian arts research project is available at www.facebook.com/fijianartproject http://www.fijianart.sru.uea.ac.uk

Type

M - Exhibition

Venue(s)

Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, Downing Street, Cambridge CB2 3DZ, University of Cambridge

Year of first exhibition

2013

URL

http://maa.cam.ac.uk/maa/chiefs-governors/

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Additional information

Dr Anita Herle - Lead Curator

The exhibition includes 252 objects of which 248 are from MAA’s collections

Chiefs & Governors was inspired by MAA’s outstanding Fijian collections, including material acquired by the residents of Governor Arthur Gordon’s household shortly after Fiji’s cession to the British Crown in 1874. The exhibition provides a nuanced portrayal of complex interactions between chiefs and governors during the early colonial period. The displays explore the power of Fijian objects in the past and present, highlighting their ongoing significance to central aspects of indigenous Fijian sociality and current research.

Chiefs & Governors is one of the outcomes of the Fijian arts research project (2011 – 2014) funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council.

The exhibition is accompanied by a catalogue of 136 pages with 189 illustrations. Further information about the exhibition and the Fijian arts research project is available at www.facebook.com/fijianartproject http://www.fijianart.sru.uea.ac.uk

Interdisciplinary

Cross-referral requested

Research group

None

Proposed double-weighted

Double-weighted statement

Reserve for a double-weighted output

Non-English

English abstract