Rhode Island Poynesia/Oceania Exhibit in Providence - General Tiki

C CHRIS Member Warwick, RI Joined: Jul 24, 2003 Posts: 10	C CHRIS Posted posted on Sat, Jan 14, 2006 5:11 PM I just visited the Museum of Natural History in Providence for the first time in several years. A relatively new exhibit of Polynesian artifacts, called Circle of the Sea, is on display. The exhibit features clubs, paddles, tools, bark cloths etc. It was collected in the late 1800's through the early 1900's by members of a long defunct Providence group of intellectuals/explorers/collectors called the Franklin Society. You can find museum info. at http://www.osfn.org/museum. The museum is a bit run down, however this seems to be one of the renovated rooms and is done quite well. Worth a visit, if you are in the area, to see what the primitive tikiphiles collected.

I just visited the Museum of Natural History in Providence for the first time in several years. A relatively new exhibit of Polynesian artifacts, called Circle of the Sea, is on display. The exhibit features clubs, paddles, tools, bark cloths etc. It was collected in the late 1800's through the early 1900's by members of a long defunct Providence group of intellectuals/explorers/collectors called the Franklin Society. You can find museum info. at http://www.osfn.org/museum. The museum is a bit run down, however this seems to be one of the renovated rooms and is done quite well. Worth a visit, if you are in the area, to see what the primitive tikiphiles collected.

Post #207619 by CHRIS on Sat, Jan 14, 2006 5:11 PM