Contents

8 - Introduction : Christian Kaufmann and Oliver Wick

16 - Nukuoro and the World of Polynesia : Philippe Peltier

22 - Kawe, the Figure Carving from Nukuoro, Now in Auckland Museum : Roger Neich (+)

44 - German sources on Nukuoro and the Ancestor statues : Kubary, Jeschke and the Hamburg South Sea Expedition : Hilke Thode-Arora

92 - Objects from an outside world - Walking in and out : Marion Melk-Koch

134 - A Tino Aitu figure below the surface : Christina Hellmich

152 - New observations on Nukuoro Wood Sculptures : Lost, found, dormant and

dubious : Adrienne L. Kaeppler

192 - An Art History of Nukuoro Statuary : Bernard de Grunne

207 - Catalogue raisonné of all known Nukuoro figures : Bernard de Grunne

214 - A contribution to the knowledge on the peoples of the South Seas : Nukuor (Monteverde Islands) : Johannn D. E. Schmeltz and Rudolf Krause

224 - History of the Nukuoro Islanders (Eastern Caroline Islands), recorded during several sojourns between 1910 and 1913 : Carl Jeschke

240 - A final update on Tino Aitu Carvings, their makers in the Western Pacific and their collectors from Overseas : Christian Kaufmann and Oliver Wick

258 - Figure of a divinity (Tino) : Douglas Newton

262 - Comments on De Menil Nukuoro Figure A 8418 : Roger Neich (+)

266 - The Sope Figure in Berlin revisited : Leonie Gärtner

270 - Bibliography

274 - Index

277 - Photo Credits

278 - Notes on Authors