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In 2008, LACMA acquired one of the most significant collections of Art of the Pacific assembled in the 20th century. These objects are representative of the wide range of arts from the Pacific regions. The collection’s emphasis lie in the areas of Polynesia and Melanesia, and include objects from Micronesia.
Key works include a superb eighteenth-century Hawaiian Drum collected by Captain James Cook in 1778, an Easter Islands Dance Paddle, and a Hermaphrodite Ancestor Figure. These extraordinary works, with their broad range of geographic distribution, exceptionally high level of quality, and distinguished provenance, contribute to the museum’s ongoing initiative to collect art from underrepresented regions of the world and to consider it within the context of the museum’s encyclopedic collection. 
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Highlights from Art of the Pacific
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Papua New Guinea, New Ireland Province
Memorial Figure (uli, selambungin lorong type), circa 1900
Wood, shell inlay, fiber and pigment
52 1/2 x 16 x 15 1/2 in. (133.35 x 40.64 x 39.97 cm)
M.2008.66.3
Purchased with funds provided by the Eli and Edythe Broad Foundation with additional funding by Jane and Terry Semel, the David Bohnett Foundation, Camilla Chandler Frost, Gayle and Edward P. Roski and The Ahmanson Foundation
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Easter Island (Rapa Nui)
Dance Paddle (rapa), circa 1800
Wood
33 1/2 x 7 x 3/4 in. (85.09 x 17.78 x 1.91 cm)
M.2008.66.4
Purchased with funds provided by the Eli and Edythe Broad Foundation with additional funding by Jane and Terry Semel, the David Bohnett Foundation, Camilla Chandler Frost, Gayle and Edward P. Roski and The Ahmanson Foundation
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Hawaiian Islands
Drum (pahu), circa 1778
Wood, shark skin, and fiber
Height: 20 1/2 in. (52.07 cm); Diameter: 15 in. (38.1 cm)
M.2008.66.11
Purchased with funds provided by the Eli and Edythe Broad Foundation with additional funding by Jane and Terry Semel, the David Bohnett Foundation, Camilla Chandler Frost, Gayle and Edward P. Roski and The Ahmanson Foundation
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