`aumakua hulu manu Kūka`ilimoku (feathered image)

Description:

`aumakua hulu manu Kūka`ilimoku (feathered image), 1700s, Hawaii, maker unknown. Gift of Lord St Oswald, 1912. CC BY-NC-ND 4.0. Te Papa (FE000325). This example of a an 'aumakua hulu manu is considered to represent the eighteenth-century Hawaiian war god, Kūka`ilimoku. It was formerly thought to have been collected on English explorer Captain James Cook's third voyage into the Pacific. It had reached England by 1805, but at present there is no evidence that it was collected on Cook's voy... Overall: 130mm (width), 560mm (height), 130mm (depth)

Display date:

1700s

Location:

Hawaii

Format:

PhysicalObject

Collections:

Te Papa Collections Online

Content partner:

Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa

Availability:

Not specified