Tahitian artists

thumb|Tapa cloth made by MauatuaMauatua, also Maimiti or Isabella Christian, also known as Mainmast, ( 1764 – 19 September 1841) was a Tahitian tapa maker, who settled on Pitcairn Island with the Bounty mutineers. She married both Fletcher Christian and Ned Young, and had children with both men. Fine white tapa, which was her specialty, is held in the collections of the British Museum and the Pitt Rivers Museum, amongst others.

Polynesian sculptor