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Association des sculpteurs d'Hapatoni

Hapatoni, Tahuata / Marquesas · French Polynesia

Marquesan carving from the village of sculptors

What you’ll find

What Association des sculpteurs d'Hapatoni is known for

Hapatoni on Tahuata is the Marquesas' village of sculptors, and this association is its collective hand — rosewood, bone and stone carved along the royal paved road by the sea. Their own site, kept simply, is the door; the village itself is the atelier.