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Doctrines : One of the titles given to their land by the Marquesans was "The House of Atea", each of the twelve islands being seen as part of that house.
MARQUESAS ISLANDS
Club with flattened, fan-shaped head and long straight shaft. Head with stylised face on each side, the 'eyes' and 'nose' being carved as smaller human heads; small face also ...
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The Marquesas Islands (French: Îles Marquises or Archipel des Marquises or Marquises; Marquesan: Te Henua (K)enana (North Marquesan) and Te Fenua `Enata (South Marquesan), both ...

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Marquesas Islands, island group, French Polynesia (an overseas territory of France), in the southern Pacific Ocean. The ten volcanic islands of the group, totalling 1,274 sq km (492 sq mi) in area, are mountainous and fertile; breadfruit, coconut, and tobacco are grown here. Hivaoa, the largest island of the group, is the site of the grave of the French painter Paul Gauguin. Nukuhiva, the second largest, contains the administrative seat, Hakapehi. The islands were annexed by France in 1842. Population (1988) 7,538.