EditorialPuniu, Native American (Hawaiian) Polynesian, 19th century, Hawai'i, United States, Native American (Hawaiian) Polynesian, Coconut shell, fish skin, fiber, H. 4 1/4 ? Diam. 4 1/2 in. (10.8 ? 11.4 cm), Membranophone-single-headed, kettle drum.
EditorialPu'Ili, Native American (Hawaiian) Polynesian, 19th century, Hawaii, United States, Native American (Hawaiian) Polynesian, Bamboo, L.: 51.1 cm (20-1/8 in.); Diam.: 3.9 cm (1-9/16 in.); Handle L.: 19.3 cm (7-9/16 in.), Idiophone-Concussion.
EditorialUkeke, Native American (Hawaiian) Polynesian, 19th century, Hawai'i, United States, Native American (Hawaiian) Polynesian, Wood, gut, Great W. 3.6 ? L. 53.9 cm (1 7/16 in. ? 21 1/4 in.), Chordophone-Musical Bow.
EditorialKa La'Au, Native American (Hawaiian) Polynesian, 19th century, Hawai'i, United States, Native American (Hawaiian) Polynesian, Wood (Kauila?), L. 83.1 cm (32-11/16 in.); Diam. at center: 3.7 cm (1-7/16 in.); Diam. at ends: 2.8 cm (1-1/16 in.), Idiophone...
EditorialEaster Island, called Rapa Nui by its Polynesian in-habitants, is a volcanic island 3,790 kms west of the Chilean coast. Cattle and horses graze in the plain between the three extinct volcanos.
EditorialPortrait of a Polynesian woman. Captain Cook's Voyages. Third voyage, 1776-1780: Thirty colored drawings and views, by J. Webber. 1776-1780. Source: Add. 15513, no.12.
EditorialGold medal of Captain James Cook. Chosen as captain of the "Endeavour" by the Royal Society, he found and chartered New Zealand and the East Coast of Australia. In two more voyages, Cook discovered several islands in the Pacific, but was murdered by th...
EditorialPu'Ili, Native American (Hawaiian) Polynesian, 19th century, Hawaii, United States, Native American (Hawaiian) Polynesian, Bamboo, L.: 51.1 cm (20-1/8 in.); Diam.: 3.9 cm (1-9/16 in.); Handle L.: 19.3 cm (7-9/16 in.), Idiophone-Concussion.
EditorialSquale Maou. The oceanic whitetip shark (Carcharhinus longimanus). Lesson named the shark Squalus maou after a Polynesian word for "shark". . Voyage autour du monde, exécuté par ordre du Roi, sur la corvette de Sa Majesté la Coquille, pendant les a...
EditorialAndrew Garrett, Barnabas, Native missionary from the Tonga Islands, ambrotype, height: 11.60 cm; width: 8.90 cm, inscribed: handwritten in black on case mounted paper: Barnabas, Native missionary from the Tonga Islands; currently in Savoy, Samoa Island...
EditorialPuniu, Native American (Hawaiian) Polynesian, 19th century, Hawai'i, United States, Native American (Hawaiian) Polynesian, Coconut shell, fish skin, fiber, H. 4 1/4 ? Diam. 4 1/2 in. (10.8 ? 11.4 cm), Membranophone-single-headed, kettle drum.
EditorialPu'Ili, Native American (Hawaiian) Polynesian, 19th century, Hawaii, United States, Native American (Hawaiian) Polynesian, Bamboo, L.: 51.1 cm (20-1/8 in.); Diam.: 3.9 cm (1-9/16 in.); Handle L.: 19.3 cm (7-9/16 in.), Idiophone-Concussion.
EditorialUkeke, Native American (Hawaiian) Polynesian, 19th century, Hawai'i, United States, Native American (Hawaiian) Polynesian, Wood, gut, Great W. 3.6 ? L. 53.9 cm (1 7/16 in. ? 21 1/4 in.), Chordophone-Musical Bow.
EditorialKa La'Au, Native American (Hawaiian) Polynesian, 19th century, Hawai'i, United States, Native American (Hawaiian) Polynesian, Wood (Kauila?), L. 83.1 cm (32-11/16 in.); Diam. at center: 3.7 cm (1-7/16 in.); Diam. at ends: 2.8 cm (1-1/16 in.), Idiophone...
EditorialPolynesian weapons and costume . The history of mankind / Trans from the second German edited by A. J. Butler. v. 3, 1898. [S.l.] : Macmillan, 1896-1898. Source: 572*3343* vol I, plate before page 155. Language: English.
EditorialTahitian Women Bathing, 1892, Oil on paper, laid down on canvas, 43 3/4 x 35 1/8 in, Paintings, Paul Gauguin (French, Paris 1848?1903 Atuona, Hiva Oa, Marquesas Islands), Dreaming of a paradise where he could ?listen to the silence of beautiful tropica...
EditorialEaster Island, called Rapa Nui by its Polynesian in-habitants, is a volcanic island 3,790 kms west of the Chilean coast. In the far background the village of Hanga Roa, the only settlement on the island with roughly 3.000 inhabitants.