Artificial Curiosities

Book

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St. Joseph Museums

Name/Title

Artificial Curiosities

Entry/Object ID

L1991.21.3

Description

Artificial Curiosities is an exposition of native manufactures collected on the three Pacific voyages of Captain James Cook, R. N. at the Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, January 18, 1987-August 31, 1978 on the occasion of the Bicentennial of the European Discovery of the Hawaiian Islands by Captain Cook--January 18, 1778. On an inside page, it also states, "Artificial Curiosities" is the 18th Century term for Ethnographic Artifacts. Artifacts were collected among the various Pacific Islands where Captain Cook visited as well as the coasts of Northeast Asia, Northwest United States and Alaska. 291/Softbound/Illustrations.

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Book

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Other Documents

Nomenclature Class

Documentary Objects

Nomenclature Category

Category 08: Communication Objects

LOC Thesaurus for Graphic Materials

Art, Museums

Search Terms

Ethnology, Pacific Ocean Islands, United States, Northwest Coast, Asia, Northeast Coast, Hawaii, Cook, James, Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Alaska, Native American

Book Details

Author

Kaeppler, Adrienne L.

Place Published

City

Honolulu

State/Province

Hawai'i

Date Published

1978

Call No.

ArchArt KA

ISBN

0-910240-24-8

LCCN

0067-6179

Notes

Copy No.: 1

Condition

Overall Condition

Excellent

Relationships

Related Person or Organization

Person or Organization

Capt. James Cook