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Shark hook
Captain Cook and his crew visited the Hawaiian Islands twice…
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Jasperware medallion of Captain James Cook, by Josiah Wedgwood and Thomas Bentley
James Cook (1728-79) rose from humble birth to be the pre-em…
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Carved wooden hand
Captain Cook visited Easter Island on his second voyage in 1…
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Feathered helmet (mahiole)
In the Hawaiian islands, feathered cloaks, capes and helmets…
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Feathered helmet (mahiole)
This helmet consists of a basketry framework made from the s…
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Feathered helmet (mahiole)
This feathered helmet forms part of the regalia of a high st…
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Supernatural crystal, or ha'ina
The Nuu-chah-nulth believed that these crystals, or ha'ina ,…
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Wooden eating bowl in the form of a seal
We can not be sure, but this bowl was probably collected on …
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Gold medal of Captain James Cook, by Lewis Pingo
Born into a Scottish farming family, Captain James Cook (172…
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Nickel 20 franc coin
Vanuatu, a series of islands in the Pacific Ocean to the eas…
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Captain Cook's hummingbird nest
Very few bird specimens survive from Captain James Cook's th…
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King penguin
The king penguin ( Aptenodytes patagonica ) was one of the n…
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Tiki belonging to Captain Cook
This Maori tiki , or neck ornament, is thought to have been …
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Bronze portrait bust of Sir Joseph Banks by Anne Seymour Damer
Sir Joseph Banks (1743-1820), the noted botanist and plant c…
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Francesco Bartolozzi, Omai a Native of Ulaietea, an engraving (after a sketch by Nathaniel Dance)
Omai, a young South Sea Islander, charmed the officers of th…
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John Webber, Nootka Sound, a watercolour
Nootka Sound, on the Pacific coast of Vancouver Island in Ca…
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Bark shield
Cut from the bark of a red mangrove tree, it belongs to the …
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Basketry-covered wooden container
This basketry-covered wooden bucket appears to have been col…
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Drum (pahu hula)
Music, particularly drumming, was traditionally important in…
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Feather cloak
The most common colour scheme for Hawaiian ceremonial feathe…
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Feather cloak
Cloaks and capes owned by lesser Hawaiian chiefs are mainly …
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Feather god
The Hawaiians made images of their gods which they covered w…
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Feather god
The Hawaiians made images of their gods which they covered w…
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Kou wood bowl
The carver of this bowl would have first formed the outer co…
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Mourner's dress
This dress would have been worn by the chief mourner, either…
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Wooden grease dish or bowl
This dish would have been used for serving or eating rich fo…
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Wooden human figure
Hawaiians used to believe that their gods could be called up…
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Cape jasmine (Gardenia florida), an engraving
Natural historians travelled on many of the voyages of explo…
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William Hodges, View of Island of Otaheite (Tahiti), a watercolour
This large brush drawing in grey wash and watercolour over p…
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Feather god
American missionaries visited the Hawaiian Islands in 1820, …
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