Adorning the World: Art of the Marquesas Islands

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An Inhabitant of the Island of Nukahiwa, 1813
Wilhelm Gottlieb Tilesius von Tilenau (German, 1769–1857)
Engraved by J. Storer (dates unknown)
Copperplate engraving; 10 3/8 x 7 7/8 in. (26.4 x 20 cm)
General Research Libraries, The New York Public Library
Astor, Lenox, and Tilden Foundations

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Porpoise-Tooth Crown (peue'ei or peue koi'o), 19th century
Porpoise teeth, glass trade beads, fiber; W. 8 3/4 in. (22.2cm)
Collection of Mark and Carolyn Blackburn, Kamuela, Hawai'i
Collected by Adm. Abel du Petit-Thouars

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Ear Ornaments (hakakai/ha'akai), 19th century
Whale ivory; L. of each 2 3/4 in. (7 cm)
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, The Michael C. Rockefeller Memorial Collection
Bequest of Nelson A. Rockefeller, 1979 (1979.206.1639 a, b)

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Fan (tahi'i) (detail), 19th century
Wood, bone, fiber; H. 18 1/2 in. (47 cm)
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, The Michael C. Rockefeller Memorial Collection
Bequest of Nelson A. Rockefeller, 1979 (1979.206.1757)

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War Club ('u'u) (full and detail), early 19th century
Wood; H. 57 1/4 in. (145.5 cm)
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
Gift of Michael D. and Sophie D. Coe, 1992 (1992.223)

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Pipe (epaepa or pioro), mid- to late 19th century
Wood; L. 5 7/8 in. (14.9cm)
Collection of Mark and Carolyn Blackburn, Kamuela, Hawai'i

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Tobacco Container (putui or tui maimai), mid- to late 19th century
Coconut shell; H. 5 1/8 in. (13 cm)
Collection of Mark and Carolyn Blackburn
Kamuela, Hawai'i

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Canoe Prow Ornament ('au'au or pihao), 19th century
Wood; L. 19 3/8 in. (49.2 cm)
Leo and Lillian Fortess Collection