Cultural History In Focus | “Tongan Club Iconography: An Attempt to Unravel Visual Metaphors Through Myth” by Frans-Karel Weener
Tongan Club Iconography
An Attempt to Unravel Visual Metaphors Through Myth
by Frans-Karel Weener
This article was generously provided by Frans-Karel Weener.
Frans-Karel Weener
Frans-Karel Weener studied archaeology in Leiden (Cum Laude, 2007) but specialized during his education in ethnohistory. Today he is an archaeologist who, in search of primary source material, carries out excavation work in archives. For the last twelve years, he has examined the provenance and the historical background of ethnographic objects and collections.
Within this field of research, he is concentrating on Oceania, (West) Papua, Southeast Asia, Protestant and Catholic missionary collections, and on collections which were collected during scientific and military exploratory expeditions.
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Author | © Frans-Karel Weener
Publication | Journal of the Polynesian Society 116 (2007): 451 - 461