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"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.
Record details
- ISBN: 0910240248
- ISBN: 9780910240246
- Physical Description: xvi, 293 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 31 cm.
- Publisher: Honolulu : Bishop Museum Press, ©1978.
Content descriptions
- Bibliography, etc. Note:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 289-292).
- Formatted Contents Note:
- 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 tree 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 -- Marquesas Islands -- Easter Island -- New Zealand -- 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 (Unalaske or the Aleutian Islands) -- St. Lawrence Bay -- Kamchatka -- Northwest Coast of America and Northeast Coast of Asia -- Terra del Fuego (Tierra del Fuego) -- Appendices: The Cook collection exhibited at the Colonial and Indian Exhibition -- The Worden Hall Collection -- Cook voyage objects in Glasgow, Greenwich and Wellington.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lummi Library | GN 663 .K34 1978 | 246433 | Oversize | Available | - |
| Lummi Library | GN 663 .K34 1978 | 281747 | Oversize | Available | - |