The exhibition titled "LAPITA, Oceanic Ancestors" showcases Lapita pottery and other artifacts that shed light on the Austronesian settlers who inhabited parts of Oceania approximately 3,000 years ago. It features an exceptional collection of well-preserved Lapita vessels and objects on loan mainly from New Caledonia and Vanuatu. The exhibition seeks to position Lapita ceramics in their proper historical and archaeological context and trace the legacy of Lapita artistic traditions in contemporary Oceanic cultures.
Archeological site which belongs to Early Neolithic. It is not far from Valencia. It should be noted that paleoanthropologists found some corpses there; one of them with a trepanation in the skull.
Cova de l'Aranya is a prehistoric site famous for its Levantine cave art. It holds the "Man of Bicorp", a painting depicting a figure that it is gathering honey.
Most recent discoveries about Prehistory in the Iberian Peninsula.salvafuentes8
In 2014, paleoanthropologists have made new discoveries in Atapuerca, Gorham's Cave and in Toledo. In Atapuerca they have found more fossils, in Gorham's Cave a design made by Neanderthals and they have also discovered a Neolithic vessel near Toledo.
An illustrated introduction to Archaeological Tours' Megaliths and Monuments study tour for May 2016. The tour visits four Paleolithic occupation sites, two dozen Neolithic megalith sites and several historical monuments including Mont-Saint-Michel. Lodgings are taken in Paris, Carnac, Quimper, Morlaix, Saint-Malo, Salisbury and London Heathrow.
Bones Pit is placed in Atapuerca. It's an archeological site where we have found the most ancient hominids in the Iberian Peninsula. It's one of the most important archeological site all over the world.
Archeological site which belongs to Early Neolithic. It is not far from Valencia. It should be noted that paleoanthropologists found some corpses there; one of them with a trepanation in the skull.
Cova de l'Aranya is a prehistoric site famous for its Levantine cave art. It holds the "Man of Bicorp", a painting depicting a figure that it is gathering honey.
Most recent discoveries about Prehistory in the Iberian Peninsula.salvafuentes8
In 2014, paleoanthropologists have made new discoveries in Atapuerca, Gorham's Cave and in Toledo. In Atapuerca they have found more fossils, in Gorham's Cave a design made by Neanderthals and they have also discovered a Neolithic vessel near Toledo.
An illustrated introduction to Archaeological Tours' Megaliths and Monuments study tour for May 2016. The tour visits four Paleolithic occupation sites, two dozen Neolithic megalith sites and several historical monuments including Mont-Saint-Michel. Lodgings are taken in Paris, Carnac, Quimper, Morlaix, Saint-Malo, Salisbury and London Heathrow.
Bones Pit is placed in Atapuerca. It's an archeological site where we have found the most ancient hominids in the Iberian Peninsula. It's one of the most important archeological site all over the world.
Muzeum Azji i Pacyfiku w Warszawie serdecznie zaprasza na wystawę:
MINANGKABAU. Kultura i sztuka Sumatry
Data: 14 stycznia – 14 lutego 2012 r.
Wystawa powstała z myślą o prezentacji najbardziej charakterystycznych aspektów tradycji społeczności Minangkabau, zamieszkującej Zachodnią Sumatrę. Zgromadzone na niej fotografie, eksponaty oraz film pozwalają spojrzeć z różnych perspektyw na tę fascynującą, mało znaną dotychczas w Polsce kulturę. Ekspozycję podzielono na cztery części, z których każda poświęcona jest odrębnemu elementowi „świata Minangkabau”: tradycyjnej architekturze, pięknym krajobrazom, zwyczajom weselnym - w tym sztuce muzycznej – oraz Strażnikom Tradycji, czyli osobom przekazującym wiedzę o starych zwyczajach młodszemu pokoleniu.
Każdy z działów ilustrowany jest fotografiami, wykonanymi podczas tegorocznej wyprawy badawczej Marii Szymańskiej-Ilnata i Tomasza Madeja na Sumatrę. Dopełnieniem ekspozycji są obiekty ze zbiorów Muzeum Azji i Pacyfiku, pośród których na szczególną uwagę zasługuje przepiękny, zabytkowy kris – sztylet z kościaną rękojeścią, a także stroje młodej pary i tancerki, udostępnione przez Ambasadę Republiki Indonezji w Warszawie oraz przedmioty przywiezione przez komisarzy wystawy.
Wystawa poprzez zróżnicowane środki przekazu przybliża polskiemu odbiorcy odległą kulturę, ukazując kontekst, sposób użytkowania i powstawania prezentowanych przedmiotów. Mamy nadzieję, że sumatrzańskie obrazy i dźwięki pozwolą gościom Galerii Azjatyckiej poczuć atmosferę niezwykłej, zachwycającej Indonezji.
Patronat Honorowy Ambasady Republiki Indonezji w Warszawie
Sponsor: Kopiko
Partner: restauracja Tobaya.
Patroni medialni: Radio Kampus, Kontynent Warszawa, Czas dzieci, Kultura Ludowa
1. LAPITA
Oceanic ancestors
“Special theme” exhibition – East Mezzanine
November 09
th
, 2010 – January 09
th
2011
Curators of the exhibition: Christophe Sand and Stuart Bedford
The exhibition LAPITA, Oceanic ancestors showcases a panorama of the Lapita Cultural
Complex through an exceptional selection of objects and fragments of objects originating
mainly from New Caledonia and Vanuatu.
Based on recent archaeological discoveries which
have made it possible to reassess our knowledge of
prehistoric Oceania, the exhibition repositions Lapita
ceramics – which date to 3000 years ago - in their
historical and archaeological context.
It displays the technical specificities and stylistic
diversity of Lapita objects and analyzes the still
prevalent heritage of these decorative pieces in
contemporary Oceanic decorative traditions.
The first international exhibition on this theme,
LAPITA, Oceanic ancestors is a testimony to the
history of the settlement of Remote Oceania. The
Lapita ceramic tradition is historically linked to the
foremost settlement of Austronesian language
speakers in the South West Pacific, from the middle
of the second millennium BC: these pieces of
pottery, the first fragments of which were
discovered at the beginning of the 20th
century,
remain the most identifiable archaeological
markers of the spread of these populations.
4. The Exhibition is organized in collaboration with the Vanuatu Cultural Centre and the Institute of
Archaeology of New Caledonia and the Pacific
With the support of the Pacific Fund of the Ministry of External and European Affairs
* CURATORS OF THE EXHIBITION:
Christophe SAND directs research in anthropology, ethnology and prehistory and is a
specialist in Oceanic prehistory. He has undertaken many research missions in the South-
West Pacific and more particularly in New Caledonia. His work concerns the first Lapita
settlements, the cultural dynamics of Pre-European history, the emergence of traditional
Oceanic societies and the consequences of the settlement of Europeans in the Pacific. He
is currently the director of the Institute of Archaeology of New Caledonia and the Pacific.
Stuart Bedford is a Research Fellow at the Department of Archaeology and Natural
History at the Australian National University in Canberra. For the last fifteen years, the
focus of his research has been Vanuatu and more specifically issues such as the origins of
the first settlers, the timing and strategies of colonization, the associated environmental
impacts as well as the subsequent cultural transformations.
The scenography of the exhibition has been done by the Agence Pylône.
* PRACTICAL INFORMATION: www.quaibranly.fr
Catalogue: Lapita – Co-edition musée du quai Branly / Somogy – 352 pages – 49 €
Visuals available for the press: http://ymago.quaibranly.fr
Access provided on request.
LAPITA, Oceanic Ancestors is being showcased on the East Mezzanine
at the same time as the exhibition RIGHT IN THE EYES, tribal masks
from Nepal, an exceptional set of 22 primitive masks from Nepal
donated by the collector Marc Petit to the museum in 2003.
Press contact: Musée du quai Branly contacts:
Pierre LAPORTE Communication
tel: 33 (0)1 45 23 14 14
info@pierre-laporte.com
Nathalie MERCIER
Director of communication
tel: 33 (0)1 56 61 70 20
nathalie.mercier@quaibranly.fr
Magalie VERNET
Person in charge of media relations
tel: 33 (0)1 56 61 52 87
magalie.vernet@quaibranly.fr