British Museum Oceania collection

E547862

ethnographic collection museum collection

The British Museum Oceania collection is a major assemblage of art, artifacts, and cultural objects from the Pacific Islands, including Polynesia, Melanesia, Micronesia, Australia, and New Zealand.

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All labels observed (1)

Label	Occurrences
British Museum Oceania collection canonical	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	ethnographic collection ⓘ museum collection ⓘ
administeredBy	Department of Africa, Oceania and the Americas of the British Museum NERFINISHED ⓘ
collectionType	Oceania art and artifacts ⓘ
containsObjectsFrom	Aotearoa New Zealand NERFINISHED ⓘ Central Australia NERFINISHED ⓘ Fiji NERFINISHED ⓘ Hawaii NERFINISHED ⓘ New Caledonia NERFINISHED ⓘ Northern Australia NERFINISHED ⓘ Papua New Guinea NERFINISHED ⓘ Samoa NERFINISHED ⓘ Solomon Islands NERFINISHED ⓘ Tonga NERFINISHED ⓘ Torres Strait Islands NERFINISHED ⓘ Vanuatu NERFINISHED ⓘ Western Australia NERFINISHED ⓘ
country	United Kingdom ⓘ
focusesOnPeoples	Aboriginal Australians NERFINISHED ⓘ Māori ⓘ Pacific Islander peoples ⓘ
focusesOnRegion	Australia NERFINISHED ⓘ Melanesia NERFINISHED ⓘ Micronesia NERFINISHED ⓘ New Zealand NERFINISHED ⓘ Oceania NERFINISHED ⓘ Polynesia NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasCollectionType	art objects ⓘ carvings ⓘ ceremonial objects ⓘ ethnographic objects ⓘ everyday material culture ⓘ ritual objects ⓘ sculpture ⓘ textiles ⓘ weapons ⓘ
hasFunction	cultural heritage preservation ⓘ public display ⓘ research resource ⓘ
locatedIn	British Museum, London NERFINISHED ⓘ
location	London, England ⓘ surface form: London
partOf	British Museum NERFINISHED ⓘ
subjectArea	anthropology ⓘ art history ⓘ ethnography ⓘ
timeCoverage	colonial period in Oceania ⓘ modern period in Oceania ⓘ pre-colonial period in Oceania ⓘ

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Input

Subject: British Museum Oceania collection
Description of subject: The British Museum Oceania collection is a major assemblage of art, artifacts, and cultural objects from the Pacific Islands, including Polynesia, Melanesia, Micronesia, Australia, and New Zealand.

Referenced by (1)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Hoa Hakananaiʻa statue → collection → British Museum Oceania collection ⓘ

subject surface form: Hoa Hakananaiʻa