Post #776124 by AceExplorer on Sun, May 21, 2017 6:45 AM

Yesterday I visited the Margaret Mead Hall of Pacific Peoples in the American Museum of Natural History in New York. She curated and set up the displays, and it was filled with truly amazing exhibits. Without going into details which you can look up elsewhere on the web and on the museum's web site, let's just say it was an amazing display. I can't even compare it to the Bishop Museum's collection - the two are entirely different in a number of ways.

One surprise immediate reaction I had in the gallery --- it is suprising how different the authentic artifacts are from Polynesian pop. And the craftsmanship was amazing.

I took some photos of some fun "tiki finds" at the museum shops. It seems like everyone who visits the exhibit gets their picture taken with the big moai in the room, and it's therefore become quite well known. It seems that's why the gift shop has moai souvenirs.

Moai fridge magnet.

Laser moai acrylic paperweight.

Mini moais.

And next to the mini moais I found chocoloate moais.

Huggable plush moais.

Moai pins.

Moai keyrings.

Me with the famous moai in the exhibit.

Today, May 21, 2017, is the final performance EVER of the Ringling Bros circus
and it will be streamed live and free from here on Long Island in New York.
Go to https://www.ringling.com/ for streaming information.

Edited once to correct a photo description.

[ Edited by: AceExplorer 2017-05-21 06:49 ]