Relief of Marquesan Dog on the Tiki Makiʻi Tauʻa Pepe, from the meʻae Iʻipona at Puamaʻu Village, Hiva Oa
Other names
Marquesas Islands Dog
Origin
Marquesas Islands (French Polynesia)
Breed status
Extinct
Dog (domestic dog)
The Marquesan Dog or Marquesas Islands Dog is an extinct breed of dog from the Marquesas Islands. Similar to other strains of Polynesian dogs, it was introduced to the Marquesas by the ancestors of the Polynesian people during their migrations. Serving as a tribal totems and religious symbols, they were sometimes consumed as meat although less frequently than in other parts of the Pacific because of their scarcity. These native dogs are thought to have become extinct before the arrival of Europeans, who did not record their presence on the islands. Petroglyphic representations of dogs and the archaeological remains of dog bones and burials are the only evidence that the breed ever existed. Modern dog populations on the island are the descendants of foreign breeds later reintroduced in the 19th century as companions for European settlers.
The MarquesanDog or Marquesas Islands Dog is an extinct breed of dog from the Marquesas Islands. Similar to other strains of Polynesian dogs, it was...
into two groups, North Marquesan and South Marquesan, roughly along geographic lines. The most striking feature of the Marquesan languages is their almost...
The following is a list of extinct dog breeds, varieties, landraces and types. Cummins (2001), p. 14. Fogle (2009), p. 257. Morris (2001), p. 666. Hancock...
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of Polynesian dog native to New Zealand List of dog breeds List of extinct dog breeds MarquesanDog – extinct breed of Polynesian dog native to the Marquesas...
Hawaiian Poi Dog – introduced to the Hawaiian Islands Kurī – introduced to New Zealand MarquesanDog – introduced to the Marquesas Islands Tahitian Dog – introduced...
Kuri/dog is derived from Indonesian dogs, and therefore by inference it is likely that Society island dogs are of the same origin. The MarquesanDog became...
Paul Gauguin's 1902 probable depiction of the Marquesan swamphen (Porphyrio paepae) being killed by a dog. Conservation status Extinct (IUCN 3.1) Scientific...
appendix "Ethnographic additions, 1928 Volume 3, The library, 1928 MarquesanDog Hermannstädter, Anita (2013), "Steinen, Karl von den", Neue Deutsche...
8°54′S 139°33′W / 8.900°S 139.550°W / -8.900; -139.550. Ua Huka in Marquesan means "two holes"; it is sometimes also found spelled Roohka or Ua Huna...
by the two best Marquesan carpenters on the island, one of them called Tioka, tattooed from head to toe in the traditional Marquesan way (a tradition...
and Tuvaluan mai; Puluwat mais; Yapese maiyah; and Tongan, Niuean, and Marquesan mei. The jackfruit (Artocarpus heterophyllus) was domesticated independently...
languages spoken in French Polynesia (reo māʼohi). The latter also include: Marquesan, spoken by about 8,000 people in the Marquesas Islands, with two sub-divisions...
Malabar grouper (E. malabaricus) Maori grouper (E. undulatostriatus) Marquesan grouper (E. irroratus) Moustache grouper (E. chabaudi) Multispotted grouper...
approximating January. The Māori and Moriori called it Tautoru, a variant of the Marquesan name and a name shared with Orion's Belt. In Inuit astronomy, Arcturus...
of "itu" gives a meaning of "the/that dog is ferocious", while "anjing ini galak", gives a meaning of "this dog is ferocious". However, if "itu" or "ini"...
Publishing Group. p. 6. ISBN 978-0-313-25890-9. Handy, E. S. C. (1930). Marquesan Legends. Honolulu: Bernice P. Bishop Museum Press. pp. 130–1. Katherine...
tattaow, tattow. From Polynesian (Samoan, Tahitian, Tongan, etc.) tatau. In Marquesan, tatu." Before the importation of the Polynesian word, the practice of...
dog e sega a ꞌolii 3SG not ART dog "there is no dog" Ni as the subject of sega (4) e 3SG sega not ni that ꞌolii dog e sega ni ꞌolii 3SG not that dog "it...
Koloto-ya-di man-REF-3PL weniya dog si-duduwe 3PL-call.TR Koloto-ya-di weniya si-duduwe man-REF-3PL dog 3PL-call.TR 'The men called the dog.' Gumawana at Ethnologue...
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