| Native Name |
Uhikana |
| Object Number |
P3282 |
| Current Location |
Collections Storage |
| Culture |
Marquesan |
| Provenience |
Marquesas Islands |
| Date Made |
Before 1888 |
| Section |
Oceanian |
| Materials |
Pearl Shell | Turtle Shell | Plant Fiber |
| Technique |
Filigree |
| Description |
Headband of woven coconut fiber to which is attached a large disk of pearl shell overlaid with a carved sheet of sea turtle shell. The openwork carving includes six human faces and, at the top, two curved elements resembling the points of the large ceremonial fishhooks used to suspend sacrificial victims in temple areas. This ornament was collected in the Marquesas Islands in 1888 by Robert Louis Stevenson. |
| Height |
16 cm |
| Length |
0 cm |
| Width |
47.5 cm |
| Credit Line |
Purchased from Mrs. Isobel Strong through Anderson Auction Company, 1914 |
| Other Number |
518 - Dealer's Number |
Current & Past Exhibitions
Bibliography
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| Davenport, William H., Bengt Danielsson, and Richard S. Field. Gauguin and Exotic Art. 1969. See: #88 |
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| Greub, Suzanne. Gauguin Polynesia. Wemding, Germany: Hirmer Publishers, 2011. Page/Fig./Plate: 400 See: p. 100, Fig. 78 |
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| Guide to the Collections, The University Museum. Philadelphia: The University Museum, 1965. See: p. 134 (top) |
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| Davidson, Daniel S. "The Oceanic Collections of the University Museum." The University Museum Bulletin 12, no. 3-4. (1947): 1-109. See: p. 36, Fig. 5 |
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| Linton, Ralph, and Paul S. Wingert. Arts of the South Seas. The Museum of Modern Art, New York, 1946. See: p. 38 |
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| Hall, Henry U. "Art of the Marquesas Islanders." The Museum Journal 12, no. 4. (1921): 252-292. See: p. 259, fig. 83 |
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| Davidson, Daniel S. "Living Types of man in the Pacific Region." The University Museum Bulletin XII, no. 3-4. (1947): 24-37. See: p. 36, fig. 5 |
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