EditorialA morai in Atooi. A depiction of a burial place shows a small rock-strewn field surrounded by low stone walls. In the right foreground is a thatch longhouse or "mana". In the middle background is the tall open-work oracle tower or "lananu'u". There is ...
EditorialThe inside of the house, in the morai in Atooi. Showing the interior of the long house or mana in the heiau (morai) at Waimea, Kauai with carved representations of the gods. On the head of one was carved a cap like a helmet worn by the ancient warriors...
EditorialInterior of a Morai or sacred cemetery on Kauai, Hawaii (Atooi). Interior of a long house or mana in the heiau (morai) at Waimea with carved representations of the gods. Handcoloured copperplate engraved by Bernieri after John Webber from Giulio Ferrar...
EditorialA morai in Atooi. A depiction of a burial place shows a small rock-strewn field surrounded by low stone walls. In the right foreground is a thatch longhouse or "mana". In the middle background is the tall open-work oracle tower or "lananu'u". There is ...
EditorialThe inside of the house, in the morai in Atooi. Showing the interior of the long house or mana in the heiau (morai) at Waimea, Kauai with carved representations of the gods. On the head of one was carved a cap like a helmet worn by the ancient warriors...
EditorialIngenio Buena-Vista. Los Ingenios. Coleccion de vistas de los principal. Havana, 1857. Ingenio Buena-Vista. Propiedad del se?or Don Justo G. Cantero. Don Carlos Armenteros, Ingenio Carojal de Don Miguel Cantero, Ingenio Mana Manaca Ixnaga. A sugar mil...
EditorialTreasure Box (Papahou), 18th century, New Zealand, Bay of Plenty region, Maori people, Wood, shell, H. 3 1/2 x W. 4 1/8 x L. 17 5/8 in. (8.9 x 10.5 x 44.8 cm), Wood-Containers, Personal ornaments are important objects in Maori culture. Often worn on th...
EditorialStick God (Akua Ka'ai), 18th?early 19th century, United States, Hawai'i, Hawai'i, Wood, H. 12 1/4 x W. 1 3/4 x D. 1 1/8 in. (31.1 x 4.5 x 2.8 cm), Wood-Sculpture, The Hawaiians venerated, and in some cases still honor, a multitude of supernatural being...
EditorialInterior of a Morai or sacred cemetery on Kauai, Hawaii (Atooi). Interior of a long house or mana in the heiau (morai) at Waimea with carved representations of the gods. Handcoloured copperplate engraved by Bernieri after John Webber from Giulio Ferrar...
EditorialWoman in the fashions of 1635, reign of King Charles I. Handcoloured lithograph from Thomas Hailes Lacy's "Female Costumes Historical, National and Dramatic in 200 Plates," London, 1865. Lacy (1809-1873) was a British actor, playwright, theatrical mana...
EditorialCourt dress, reign of King George III, Louis XVI, 1783. Handcoloured lithograph from Thomas Hailes Lacy's "Female Costumes Historical, National and Dramatic in 200 Plates," London, 1865. Lacy (1809-1873) was a British actor, playwright, theatrical mana...