Formerly, when an object was designed, it was essential to connect it to all the evolution of its past, it was the spot of the priest of the ceremonies.
Any work was a Community company and the quality of realization, the choice of materials, esthetics were worth a great fame with these objects.
The research of the perfection guided the creative Masters until the XIXème century when the decline of their culture and the foreign requests modified their design of work. The object emptied little by little its significance, of its value and its capacity.
There was a certain specialization by island; for example, the stone adzes came from the island, now deserted, of Eiao; rammers with human head, of Ua Huka; the diadems with plates of scale and mother-of-pearl fixed at a fibre crown came from the island of Hiva Oa; ornaments in teeth of dolphin, Ua Pou; hairstyles of feathers, Nuku Hiva; woodcarvings, of Fatu Iva.
Among arts marquisiens, some are always of topicality and show a great creativity associated with quality with realization.
