'Lost Maritime Cultures: China and the Pacific' exhibit opening

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Tianlong Jiao, chairman of anthropology, stands at a diorama representing a typical archeological dig in the tropics. This diorama will greet visitors to the new Bishop Museum exhibition "Lost Maritime Cultures: China and the Pacific." The exhibit, which features rare cultural treasures of the prehistoric seafaring civilizations of China, opens tomorrow and runs through April 15. CLICK FOR LARGE

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Holger Schramm, right, drills a hole for a support as Aaron Ho gently cradles a 3,500-year-old adze found at the Meilishuiku site in southeastern China. The stone tool, one of many, will be on display at the Bishop Museum exhibit. CLICK FOR LARGE

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The exhibition will feature tools, jewelry and other implements from southeastern China dating back some 7,000 years, like this ceramic support from the Tianluoshan site. Some of the cultures featured are believed to be the source for the seafaring Austronesian culture that spread throughout the Pacific. CLICK FOR LARGE