Marquesan people

GPTKB entity

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:ethnic_group
gptkbp:affects diseases introduced by Europeans
depopulation in 19th century
gptkbp:autonym Enana
gptkbp:colonizedBy gptkb:France
gptkbp:culture gptkb:artist
wood
canoe building
gptkbp:descendedFrom gptkb:Austronesian_peoples
gptkbp:festival Matavaa Festival
gptkbp:firstContactWithEuropeans gptkb:Álvaro_de_Mendaña
1595
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Marquesan people
gptkbp:language gptkb:Marquesan_language
gptkbp:locatedIn gptkb:French_Polynesia
Marquesas Islands
gptkbp:notableMission gptkb:Thor_Heyerdahl
gptkbp:notablePerson Herman Melville (author, wrote about Marquesans)
Paul Gauguin (artist, lived among Marquesans)
gptkbp:population ~9,000
gptkbp:relatedTo gptkb:Samoans
gptkb:Hawaiians
gptkb:Maori
gptkb:Tahitians
Polynesians
gptkbp:religion gptkb:Christianity
Traditional Polynesian religion
gptkbp:socialStructure chiefdoms
gptkbp:status French citizens
gptkbp:tradition ancestor worship
gptkbp:traditionalCraft petroglyphs
tapa cloth
gptkbp:traditionalDance haka
gptkbp:traditionalDress pareu
gptkbp:traditionalDwelling paepae
gptkbp:traditionalFood gptkb:fish
taro
breadfruit
gptkbp:traditionalMusic drumming
nose flute
pahu drum
gptkbp:traditionalNavigation wayfinding by stars
gptkbp:traditionalOralLiterature chants
legends
gptkbp:traditionalTattooing full-body tattoos
gptkbp:UNESCOWorldHeritageSite Nuku Hiva archaeological sites
gptkbp:weapon clubs
spears
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Marquesas_Islands_culture
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7