Which artists' works include the 1899 painting, 'Three Tahitians'?
Tahitians Michou Chaze, Chantal Spitz and Vaitiare explore the problems of Tahitian identification in contemporary French Polynesia. Tahitian peasants and workers call themselves the 'true Tahitians' ("Ta'ata Tahiti Mau") to distinguish from part-Europeans ("Ta'ata 'afa Popa'a"). At the same time demis quite frequently identify themselves as indigenous people in terms of culture and political affiliation. Such Tahitian activists as Pouvanaa a Oopa, Francis Sanford and Charlie Ching and Catholic bishops Michel-Gaspard Coppenrath and Hubert Coppenrath are of "demi" ancestry. Many natives were painted from life by Paul Gauguin, who gave Tahitian titles to his works. In "Ea haere ia oe" ("Where
Tahitians to Rapanui. The original Tahitian society was unaware of metal as it was based on Stone Age technology. However, it enabled Tahitians to clear land for cultivation on the fertile volcanic soils and build fishing canoes, their two basic subsistence activities. The tools of the Tahitians when first discovered were made of stone, bone, shell or wood. The Tahitians were divided into three major classes (or castes): "ari'i", "ra'atira" and "manahune". "Ari'i" were relatively few in number while "manahune" constituted the bulk of population and included some members who played essential roles in the society. It is estimated that by