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Food for the flames : idols and missionaries in central Polynesia / David Shaw King ; photography by Brian Carlson ; foreword by David Attenborough.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: San Francisco : Beak Press, [2011]Copyright date: ©2011Description: xvi, 222 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 29 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 1907372164
  • 9781907372162
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 306.460996 23
Contents:
Introduction -- 1. Sources -- 2. The early years of the LMS -- 3. Viriamu -- 4. The missionaries versus the temples and the idols -- 5. Idol materials: feathers, tapa, and sennit -- 6. Idol-trophies and the LMS collections -- 7. Findings -- Epilogue -- Artefacts -- Appendix 1. Polynesian objects lying at Williams' feet in the Anelay watercolour -- Appendix 2. John Jefferson's account of his visit to a marae at Opare, tahiti, 3 October 1798 -- Appendix 3. Letter Williams and Threlkeld to Burder 18 October 1821 concerning the introduction of Christianity to Rurutu -- Appendix 4. Letter Bourne and Williams to Tyerman and Bennet 11 August 1823 summarizing the Endeavour voyage to central Polynesia -- Appendix 5. Extract from the journal of Williams and Bourne describing the introduction of Christianity to the central Cook Islands in 1823 -- Appendix 6. 'More joy for Christians': Williams' account of the July 1823 Endeavour voyage to the central Cook Islands, consisting mainly of Papeiha's narrative of the conversion of Aitutaki -- 7. The LMS collection: Catalogue of the Missionary Museum; British Museum LMS collection registration slips; some particulars of the Missionary museum -- 8. Polynesian terms pertaining to gods and god images.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction -- 1. Sources -- 2. The early years of the LMS -- 3. Viriamu -- 4. The missionaries versus the temples and the idols -- 5. Idol materials: feathers, tapa, and sennit -- 6. Idol-trophies and the LMS collections -- 7. Findings -- Epilogue -- Artefacts -- Appendix 1. Polynesian objects lying at Williams' feet in the Anelay watercolour -- Appendix 2. John Jefferson's account of his visit to a marae at Opare, tahiti, 3 October 1798 -- Appendix 3. Letter Williams and Threlkeld to Burder 18 October 1821 concerning the introduction of Christianity to Rurutu -- Appendix 4. Letter Bourne and Williams to Tyerman and Bennet 11 August 1823 summarizing the Endeavour voyage to central Polynesia -- Appendix 5. Extract from the journal of Williams and Bourne describing the introduction of Christianity to the central Cook Islands in 1823 -- Appendix 6. 'More joy for Christians': Williams' account of the July 1823 Endeavour voyage to the central Cook Islands, consisting mainly of Papeiha's narrative of the conversion of Aitutaki -- 7. The LMS collection: Catalogue of the Missionary Museum; British Museum LMS collection registration slips; some particulars of the Missionary museum -- 8. Polynesian terms pertaining to gods and god images.

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