Social Anthropology - the comparative study of human societies and cultures and their development.
Physical Anthropology - the science of human zoology, evolution, and ecology.
Archaeology - the study of human history and prehistory through the excavation of sites and the analysis of artifacts and other physical remains.
Objets d'art - work of art.
Fertility - the natural capability of giving life.
Tahiti - the largest island in the Windward group of French Polynesia.
French Polynesia - is a French overseas collectivity in the southern Pacific Ocean.
Cranium - is a bony structure in the head of many animals that supports the structures of the face and protects the brain from injury. Also known as skull.
Trepanation - also known as trepanning, trephining or making a burr hole, is a medical intervention in which a hole is drilled or scraped into the human skull, exposing the dura mater in order to treat health problems related to intracranial diseases.
Frottage - from French frotter, "to rub" means the artist takes a pencil or other drawing tool and makes a "rubbing" over a textured surface.
