Spirits and Headhunters: Art of the Pacific Islands - Bowers Museum, Santa Ana - California Events

STCB Sabu The Coconut Boy Tiki Socialite Carson, California Joined: Aug 20, 2002 Posts: 2807	STCB Sabu The Coconut Boy Posted posted on Fri, Mar 5, 2010 3:46 PM Hi Cammo, I was told that these are all pieces from the Bower's permanent collection, believe it or not. I wonder where they store all this stuff when it's not being displayed (which seems to be years and years between shows). I know they have some very large canoes too, from their exhibit back in the 90s. I was cautious about taking photos as well and asked beforehand. They said photos were fine as long as no flash was used. The displays seemed to be lit well enough for my camera. I felt almost like I was taking advantage of the fact as I snapped away at every case and artifact, filling my camera up with hundreds of photos. One of the docents noticed me spending a lot of time at one of the cases containing a Stick Chart and came over to investigate. We ended up having a long, interesting discussion about Polynesian navigation and how the stick charts were used as well as star paths and other methods. (I used to be keen on this topic back when I was on an outrigger canoe team) After that, I felt like I had the benevolent run of the place. I did notice a few other folks taking photos as well. There are jungle sound effects of PNG birds etc, in the background, adding even more to the experieince.

Hi Cammo,

I was told that these are all pieces from the Bower's permanent collection, believe it or not. I wonder where they store all this stuff when it's not being displayed (which seems to be years and years between shows). I know they have some very large canoes too, from their exhibit back in the 90s.

I was cautious about taking photos as well and asked beforehand. They said photos were fine as long as no flash was used. The displays seemed to be lit well enough for my camera.

I felt almost like I was taking advantage of the fact as I snapped away at every case and artifact, filling my camera up with hundreds of photos. One of the docents noticed me spending a lot of time at one of the cases containing a Stick Chart and came over to investigate. We ended up having a long, interesting discussion about Polynesian navigation and how the stick charts were used as well as star paths and other methods. (I used to be keen on this topic back when I was on an outrigger canoe team) After that, I felt like I had the benevolent run of the place. I did notice a few other folks taking photos as well.

There are jungle sound effects of PNG birds etc, in the background, adding even more to the experieince.

Post #515363 by Sabu The Coconut Boy on Fri, Mar 5, 2010 3:46 PM