TY  - BOOK
AU  - King,David Shaw
TI  - Food for the flames: idols and missionaries in central Polynesia 
SN  - 1907372164
U1  - 306.460996 23
PY  - 2011///]
CY  - San Francisco
PB  - Beak Press
KW  - Church Missionary Society
KW  - Material culture
KW  - Polynesia
KW  - Ethnology
N1  - 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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