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Ko e fakatahaʻanga fakaʻaliʻali ʻa Siaosi Palauni ʻi Minpaku

Special Exhibition. Cultural Heritage of the South Pacific: The George Brown Collection
Cover of Japanese catalogue Ko e tohi fakaʻaliʻali´
Takafi ʻo e tohi faka-Siapani ʻoku poupou ki he fakaʻaliʻali´.

Naʻe fakaʻaliʻali e tātānaki ʻa Siaosi Palauni he misiume´ mei he ʻaho 11 Maʻasi ki he ʻaho 31 Mē 1999, ʻi ha fakatahaʻanga fakaʻaliʻali makehe, ʻKo e ʻUlungaanga Tuʻufonua ʻo e Pasifiki Saute´: Ko e tātānaki ʻa Siaosi Palauniʻ.

Use of “storage-like display” for the exhibition

Japanese Booklet accompanying the exhibition

Ko e Misiume ʻEfinolosia Fakafonua, ʻoku ʻi ai e ngaahi ʻātifeki ʻe 222,000ʻo e tātānakiʻanga´ ni. Ka ko e 13,000 pe ʻo ʻeni ʻe lava ʻo fakaʻaliʻali he foʻi taimi ʻe taha. ʻA ia ko e peseti pe ia ʻe onoʻoku malava ke sio ki ai e kakai´, koeʻuhi´ ko e fakangatangata ʻo e ʻelia´.

Tatau ai pe ki he fakaʻaliʻali makehe´ni, “Ko e ʻUlungaanga Tuʻufonua ʻo e Pasifiki Saute´: Ko e tātānaki ʻa Siaosi Palauni”, ʻe ʻikai kemau lava ʻo fakaʻaliʻali kotoa e ngaahi meʻa ʻe 3,000 ʻi heʻemau konga ʻo e tātānaki ʻa Palauni´. Kaikehe mahalo ko e meʻa pe ʻe 2,000 naʻe fakaʻaliʻali´. Naʻa mo hono fakaʻaliʻali e lahi ʻo e ngaahi meʻa ni, kuo pau kemau ngāueʻaki e ngaahi hiliʻanga koloa ʻoku teke holo pea mo fakaʻaliʻali ai kinautolu ʻi he “tukuʻanga koloa – hange ko ha fakaʻaliʻali”. Ko e fuofua taimi ʻeni ke mau ngāueʻaki e founga ni ki ha taha ʻemau tātānaki ʻi ha fakaʻaliʻali makehe.

Naʻe tātānaki ʻe Palauni´e ngaahi ʻātifeki ʻefinolosia kalasi kehekehe ki he anga e moʻui ʻa e kakai he Pasifiki Tonga´ ʻo laka hake he vaeua senituli´, mei he kamataʻanga ʻo e1860´. ʻOku nau fakafofongaʻi e ngaahi koloa fakafonua mahuʻinga ʻaupito e ngaahi feituʻu ʻoku ʻikai ke to e ʻiloa. ʻOku mau fakaʻamu pe ko e kau ʻaʻahi ki he fakaʻaliʻali´ ni te nau lava pe ʻo fakakaukauloto ki he moʻui mo e anga fakafonua ʻo e feituʻu ʻi he senituli tahahiva´.