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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)
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
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
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
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
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
Collection of Mark and Carolyn Blackburn, Kamuela, Hawai'i
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Tobacco Container (putui or tui maimai), mid- to late 19th century
Collection of Mark and Carolyn Blackburn
Kamuela, Hawai'i
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Canoe Prow Ornament ('au'au or pihao), 19th century
Leo and Lillian Fortess Collection
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