sceptre;
staff;
human remains;
kahili
- Museum number
- Oc,HAW.167
- Description
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Sceptre, state staff (ceremonial), kahili made of wood, barkcloth, turtle-shell, human bone, greyish feathers. Handle is composed of a number of rings of turtle shell fitting over a central rod terminating in a human humerus.
- Production date
- 18thC (before 1780)
- Dimensions
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Height: 93 centimetres
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Width: 24.30 centimetres
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Depth: 10 centimetres
- Curator's comments
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King, p.26 - identified from old number as being from the collection of Archibald Menzies from the voyage of the Discovery under Captain George Vancouver 1790-5.
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Checked by BM physical anthropologist Daniel Antoine on 11.3.10. Definitely human bone - the right humerus.
- Location
- Not on display
- Exhibition history
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Exhibited:
1975 – 1985 12 Dec-23 Jun, London, BM, Museum of Mankind, Hawaii
1979 – 1980 15 Feb-29 Sept, London, BM, Museum of Mankind, Captain Cook in the South Seas (temporarily removed from Museum of Mankind, Hawaii exhibition 1975 – 1985)
1986-1987 12 Jun-4 Jan, The Vancouver Museum, Captain George Vancouver: A Voyage of Discovery to the North Pacific Ocean and Round the World, 1791-1795
2009-2010 28 Aug-28 Feb, Bonn, Art and Exhibition Hall of the Federal Republic of Germany, James Cook and the Exploration of the Pacific
2010 10 May-13 Sept, Vienna, Museum of Ethnology, James Cook and the Exploration of the Pacific
2010-2011 7 Oct-13 Feb, Bern, Historical Museum, James Cook and the Exploration of the Pacific
- Acquisition date
- 1780-1800
- Acquisition notes
- Collected on one of Cook's voyages, likely the third voyage (1776-1780).
- Department
- Africa, Oceania and the Americas
- Registration number
- Oc,HAW.167
- Additional IDs
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CDMS number: Oc17??D6.167 (old CDMS no.)