Figurine

Museum number:
11-41215
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.2856
Description:
Carved black lava, depicting Kukailimoku, the "personal god of Kamehameha the great". Has descriptive blurb on the back, for tourists.
Donor:
Gertrude F. Hess
Collection place:
O'ahu, Hawaiian Windward Islands, Hawaiian Islands
Verbatim coll. place:
Hawaii; Punaluu
Culture or time period:
Hawaiian
Maker or artist:
Cocojoe
Collector:
Gertrude F. Hess
Collection date:
unknown
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Figurines
Function:
5.7 Objects made for sale, souvenirs, models, and reproductions
Accession date:
1972
Context of use:
Gift. For tourists.
Department:
Oceania
Dimensions:
width 5 centimeters and length 11.5 centimeters
Comment:
Description: "powdered and reconstituted (lava)" " The "Ku ka`ili moku" personal image of King Kamehameha I was a basketry head with neck covered with bird feathers. There is no documentation that the carved wooden "Temple image" called "Kuailumoku" at Bishop Museum IS a representation of this entity.
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 4 titled Figurine, accession number 11-41215, described as Carved black lava, depicting Kukailimoku, the "personal god of Kamehameha the great". Has descriptive blurb on the back, for tourists.Hearst Museum object 2 of 4 titled Figurine, accession number 11-41215, described as Carved black lava, depicting Kukailimoku, the "personal god of Kamehameha the great". Has descriptive blurb on the back, for tourists.Hearst Museum object 3 of 4 titled Figurine, accession number 11-41215, described as Carved black lava, depicting Kukailimoku, the "personal god of Kamehameha the great". Has descriptive blurb on the back, for tourists.Hearst Museum object 4 of 4 titled Figurine, accession number 11-41215, described as Carved black lava, depicting Kukailimoku, the "personal god of Kamehameha the great". Has descriptive blurb on the back, for tourists.

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