Galerie Caroline does not cover the arts of all Polynesian islands. It focuses on the distinctive sculptural art forms of the Marquesas Islands. Next to this we have in our collection pieces of decorated tapa or barkcloth from Fiji and Samoa but also from Fatu Hiva in the Marquesas Islands. We may expand our areas of interest in the future.

Marquesas

The island group is subdivided into a northern and a southern group. Both have three inhabited islands, in the north Nuku Hiva, Ua Pou and Ua Huka and in the south Hiva Oa, Tahuata and Fatu Hiva. The Marquesas are part of French Polynesia.

The administrative center is located in Nuku Hiva. There live about 9,000 people spread over the six islands.