a rare hawaii boars' tusk bracelet

KUP'E HO'OKALAKALA

Details

a rare hawaii boars' tusk bracelet
kup'e ho'okalakala
Composed of eighteen boars' tusks, each pierced twice and threaded on olono fibre cord
7.5cm. broad

Provenance

Richard Cuming (1777-1870), Southwark, London, amateur scientist
K.A. Webster, London, sold in 1948 to
James Hooper, no. 350, Christie's, London, 21 June, 1977, lot 190

Literature

Phelps, 1976, p.418, Pl.40

Exhibited

Ta'aroa, L'Univers Polynesien, Brussels, 1982, no.137

Lot Essay

Richard Cuming lived near London Bridge south of the Thames; the bracelet is entered on page 366 of the original manuscript catalogue of his collection, indicating that it was in his possession before 1841
Cf. Peter Buck, Arts and Crafts of Hawaii, 1964, p.547, fig.337a

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