diverse vervaardigers - Objecten gemaakt door de oorspronkelijke bewoners van Nieuw-Caledonië - 1795 - 1803 - STICKER Vinyl Kiss-Cut Decal

A design drawn from a museum collection of handcrafted objects made by the Indigenous inhabitants of New Caledonia between 1795 and 1803.

Visual Elements & Composition

The design presents the collection as a set of handcrafted objects, each shaped by the hand of its maker and by the materials available to a South Pacific community. The works are presented as a group rather than as one composed picture, so the emphasis falls on the craft of the objects themselves: their forms, surfaces and the marks of making.

Meaning & Symbolism

The objects are attributed to diverse makers, meaning a community of Kanak craftspeople rather than a single named artist. Collections of this kind cover everyday tools, weapons, ceremonial regalia and personal adornment, and they record the material culture and skill of the Kanak people before extensive European settlement. Their value lies in cultural provenance and in what they show of the community that made them, which is why they are held and studied in museum collections.

Shaped to the Kiss-Cut Surface

A kiss-cut sticker is trimmed around its artwork and leaves its backing intact, so the chosen object becomes a self-contained shape on a flat surface such as a notebook, a journal or a laptop lid. The clean outline lets the form of a single handcrafted piece stand on its own, bringing a small part of this historical collection into everyday view.