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Description: | Old label reads E473 CULT unknown late 18th century Hawaiian Islands Polynesia These bracelets were often made of boars' tusks and were worn by hula dancers. It is characteristic of the Hawaiian design to thread the teeth or tusks on two fibre cords. The turtle shell plate in the centrepiece of this design would have been highly prized as the turtle was an important sacrificial animal.
The armlet has been listed in the Robertson catalogue as 'William Hunter from Captain Cook' on unknown evidence.
Probably Hunter/Cook - Attribution per Steven Hooper, Feb 2007. | License: | http://www.hmag.gla.ac.uk/spirit/rights/ | Publisher: | Hunterian Museum and Art Gallery, University of Glasgow | Rights holder: | Hunterian Museum and Art Gallery, University of Glasgow | Subjects: | PCOOK : JEN : CEREMONIAL : ETHNO1_2007 : : | Source: | Hunterian Museum | Creator: | Hunterian Museum and Art Gallery, University of Glasgow | Identifier: | http://www.huntsearch.gla.ac.uk/cgi-bin/... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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