Figure
97-120-465
From: United States of America | Hawaiian Islands | Oahu | Honolulu
Curatorial Section: Oceanian
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Native Name
Akua Ka'ai
Object Number
97-120-465
Current Location
Collections Storage
Culture
Hawaiian
Provenience
United States of America | Hawaiian Islands | Oahu | Honolulu
Section
Oceanian
Materials
Wood
Description
Wood carving; figure standing on long peg with carved plaque behind head. Portable image. Akua ka'ai.
Idol from ruins of a temple.
Height
58.42 cm
Width
7.8 cm
Credit Line
Gift of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, 1997
Other Number
L-120-465 - Old Museum Number | 10550 - ANSP Number | 490/78 - Collector Number
Current & Past Exhibitions
Bibliography
Wingert, Paul S. Outline Guide to the Art of the South Pacific . Columbia University Press, 1946. See: following p. 63
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Linton, Ralph, and Paul S. Wingert. Arts of the South Seas . The Museum of Modern Art, New York, 1946. See: p. 61
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Davenport, William H. "Hawaiian Feudalism ." Expedition: The Magazine of the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology 6, no. 2. (1964): 14-27. See: p. 18
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Davenport, William H., and John H. Cox. Hawaiian Sculpture . The University Press of Hawaii, 1974. See: p. 138
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Horne, Lee C. Introduction to the Collections of The University Museum . Philadelphia: The University Museum, 1985. Page/Fig./Plate: 65, fig. 6
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