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24 - Anthropology and Development Studies
University of Cambridge
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
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