Marquesans

E615636
Polynesian ethnic group indigenous people

The Marquesans are a Polynesian ethnic group indigenous to the Marquesas Islands in French Polynesia, known for their rich seafaring traditions, distinctive tattooing, and complex art and oral culture.

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All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Marquesan people 1
Marquesans canonical 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Polynesian ethnic group ⓘ
indigenous people ⓘ
administrativeTerritory French Polynesia NERFINISHED ⓘ
colonialHistoryWith France NERFINISHED ⓘ
colonizedInCentury 19th century ⓘ
country France ⓘ
culturalRegion Polynesia NERFINISHED ⓘ
currentReligion Protestantism ⓘ
Roman Catholicism NERFINISHED ⓘ
demographicStatus minority population in French Polynesia ⓘ
ethnicGroupOf Marquesas Islands NERFINISHED ⓘ
indigenousTo Marquesas Islands NERFINISHED ⓘ
knownFor body art ⓘ
complex oral traditions ⓘ
dance ⓘ
distinctive tattooing ⓘ
music ⓘ
ocean navigation ⓘ
seafaring traditions ⓘ
stone carving ⓘ
warrior culture (historically) ⓘ
wood carving ⓘ
language North Marquesan language ⓘ
South Marquesan language NERFINISHED ⓘ
languageFamily Austronesian languages ⓘ
Polynesian languages ⓘ
locatedIn French Polynesia NERFINISHED ⓘ
Pacific Ocean ⓘ
mainIslandGroup Northern Marquesas Islands NERFINISHED ⓘ
Southern Marquesas Islands NERFINISHED ⓘ
navigationTradition wayfinding using stars and ocean swells ⓘ
oralTradition chants ⓘ
genealogies ⓘ
myths and legends ⓘ
partOf Polynesian peoples NERFINISHED ⓘ
region Oceania ⓘ
relatedEthnicGroup Hawaiians NERFINISHED ⓘ
Maori NERFINISHED ⓘ
Samoans NERFINISHED ⓘ
Tahitians NERFINISHED ⓘ
subgroupOf Eastern Polynesians NERFINISHED ⓘ
tattooStyle full-body tattooing (historically) ⓘ
geometric patterns ⓘ
traditionalArtForm tattoo motifs ⓘ
tiki sculpture ⓘ
traditionalHousing stone platforms (paepae) ⓘ
traditionalReligion Polynesian indigenous religion ⓘ
traditionalSocialStructure chiefdoms ⓘ
usesScript Latin script ⓘ

Referenced by (2)

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

Mangarevans → relatedEthnicGroup → Marquesans ⓘ
South Marquesan language → spokenBy → Marquesans ⓘ
this entity surface form: Marquesan people