Title "Artificial curiosities" : being an exposition of native manufactures collected on the three Pacific voyages of Captain James Cook, R. N., at the Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, January 18, 1978-August 31, 1978, on the occasion of the bicentennial of the European discovery of the Hawaiian Islands by Captain Cook, January 18, 1778 / by Adrienne L. Kaeppler

Published Honolulu : Bishop Museum Press, [1978] ©1978

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Description xvi, 293 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 31 cm regular print Series Bernice P. Bishop Museum special publication ; 65, 0067-6179 Bernice P. Bishop Museum special publication ; 65 Contents introductory exhibition in the Kahili room -- natural history -- human history -- geography and navigation -- death of Cook -- literature and art -- memorabilia -- ethnography and the voyages of Captain Cook -- exposition of the native manufactures collected on the three pacific voyages of Captain Cook -- Owhyhee or the sandwich isles (the Hawaiian islands) -- compilations of bark cloth pieces -- Otaheite or King George III island (Tahiti and the Society islands) -- Oheteroa (Rurutu and the Austral islands) -- Cook islands -- the Marquesas islands -- Easter islands -- New Zealand -- the Friendly isles (Tonga) -- New Caledonia -- New Hebrides -- Australia (New Holland) -- Pacific objects: provenance unknown -- Nootka Sound (King George Sound) -- Prince William Sound and Cook Inlet -- Oonalaska (Unalaska or the Aleutian islands -- St. Lawrence Bay -- Kamchatka -- Northwest Coast of America and Northeast Coast of Asia -- Terra Del Fuego (Tierra del Fuego) -- App. 1: the Cook collection exhibited at the colonial and Indian exhibition -- App. 2: the Worden Hall collection -- App. 3: Cook voyage objects in Glasgow, Greenwich, and Wellington Summary Catalogue of exhibition with biographical notes on Cook and discussion of the influence of Cooks voyages on natural history, geography, navigation, literature, art, ethnography; includes description of Australian artifacts exhibited Analysis Cook, James Ethnological collections Exhibitions Ethnology Exhibitions Pacific Area Material culture Exhibitions Pacific Area Pacific Area Discovery and exploration Exhibitions Notes Bibliography: p. 289-292 Bibliography Bibliography: pages 289-292 Event [1978] Subject Cook, James, 1728-1779 -- Ethnological collections -- Exhibitions. Cook, James, 1728-1779 -- Exhibitions. Cook, James, 1728-1779. Ethnology -- Pacific Area -- Exhibitions. Ethnology -- Islands of the Pacific -- Exhibitions. Industries -- Pacific Area -- Exhibitions. Industries, Primitive -- America. Industries, Primitive -- Asia. Industries, Primitive -- Islands of the Pacific. Industries, Primitive -- Pacific Area -- Exhibitions. Material culture -- Pacific Area -- Exhibitions. Voyages and travels. SUBJECT Pacific Area http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85096445 -- Discovery and exploration http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh99002238 -- Exhibitions. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2003003655 Pacific Area http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85096445 -- Industries -- Exhibitions Genre/Form Festschriften. Exhibition catalogs. Author Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum. LC no. 77091442 ISSN 0067-6179 ISBN 0910240248

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