Staff
“It would be interesting to learn more about Teschemaker and find out how and where he came upon this [item]. I suspect it might have been part of the Lono ceremonies (Makahiki) as shown in Webber’s drawing (attached). If so, then this might be an akua pa`ani, or deity of “sport” (rough translation), one of 3 images in the Makahiki procession.”
Jerome Feldman
Professor of Art History
Hawaii Pacific University
The red writing one can see is the object’s accession number likely painted onto the item’s length by a member of staff in the 19th century.
Jerome Feldman
Professor of Art History
Hawaii Pacific University
The red writing one can see is the object’s accession number likely painted onto the item’s length by a member of staff in the 19th century.
Object Summary
- Accession Loan No.
- E1243
- Collection Class
- Personal objects
- Material
- hard wood
- Common Name
- staff
- Simple Name
- staff
- Production County
- Hawai’i
- Production Country
- Hawaiian Islands (United States of America)
- Production Year High
- 1869
