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The Kanak, the first inhabitants of New Caledonia

One morning in September 1774, the explorer James Cook sighted islands on the horizon which he called New Caledonia, because the landscape reminded him of Caledonia, the old name for Scotland, his country of origin.

And yet the island had been inhabited by the Kanak for over 3,000 years. Despite variations in their social systems and art styles, they all share a close relationship to the land and ancestors.

Bibliograpy

• Boulay, Roger (dir.). 1990. De jade et de nacre. Paris: Réunion des musées nationaux
• Kasarhérou, Emmanuel et Roger Boulay (dir.). 2013. Kanak. L'art est une parole. Paris: Musée du quai Branly, Actes Sud