{"id":7028,"date":"2021-02-09T14:42:45","date_gmt":"2021-02-09T19:42:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lammuseum.wfu.edu\/?page_id=7028"},"modified":"2024-06-14T09:01:13","modified_gmt":"2024-06-14T13:01:13","slug":"exchange-in-melanesia","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/lammuseum.wfu.edu\/exhibits\/exchange-in-melanesia\/","title":{"rendered":"Exchange in Melanesia"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-1 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:100%\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">April 1 \u2013 December 10, 2021<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><em><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"300\" height=\"400\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-7029\" src=\"https:\/\/prod.wp.cdn.aws.wfu.edu\/sites\/88\/2021\/02\/Melanesia-2-web.jpg\" alt=\"Boar's Tusk Necklace\" srcset=\"https:\/\/prod.wp.cdn.aws.wfu.edu\/sites\/88\/2021\/02\/Melanesia-2-web.jpg 300w, https:\/\/prod.wp.cdn.aws.wfu.edu\/sites\/88\/2021\/02\/Melanesia-2-web-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Since the first European colonizers arrived, Melanesia, a group of Pacific islands just below the equator, has often been viewed as having a single unifying culture.&nbsp; However, cultural diversity in the region is actually quite pronounced and can be seen in many aspects of Melanesian life.&nbsp; This student-curated mini-exhibit focuses on exchange and trade as one way that these unique cultures are both tied together and distinct from one another.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/lammuseum.wfu.edu\/exhibits\/virtual\/exchange-in-melanesia\/\">View <em>Exchange in Melanesia<\/em> as a virtual exhibit<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>April 1 \u2013 December 10, 2021 Since the first European colonizers arrived, Melanesia, a group of Pacific islands just below the equator, has often been viewed as having a single unifying culture.&nbsp; However, cultural diversity in the region is actually quite pronounced and can be [&#8230;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":201,"featured_media":0,"parent":23,"menu_order":16,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"overlay_title":false,"hide_featured_image_post":false,"wfu_hide_page_title":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-7028","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Exchange in Melanesia - Timothy S. 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