The Bishops Museum in Honolulu Hawaii (1525 Bernice Street Honolulu, HI 96817) , is arguably the most prestigious of the Polynesian Museums: According to their website:
http://www.bishopmuseum.org/mission.html
"Over the past 112 years, the Museum has acquired 24.7 million items telling the full story of Hawaii and the Pacific. These items include over 2.4 million cultural artifacts representing Native Hawaiian, Pacific Island and Hawaii Immigrant life, more than 115,000 historical publications, 1 million historical photographs, films, works of art, audio recordings and manuscripts, and millions of specimens of plant and animal life, many of them extinct. The collections of Bishop Museum have been the source of hundreds of publications, many of them by Bishop Museum Press, and are continually being accessed by the public through Bishop Museum's Library and Archives."
Almost 25,000,000 Items, Christ on Toast, that is something.
The Bishops Museum
A small sample of the wonders on display
We were lucky enough to see the rotating Ku Exhibit on our visit. It presents our favorite deity in a variety of ways, Historically, Sociologically, Religiously and contemporarily
There are three of these Historic Heiau Ku Images one is in New England, one is in Europe and one is at the Bishops. It is very large and impressive.
Along with Ku this Representation of Kane was exhibited. This is the tallest of the ancient Hawaiian Tikis.
Ku and his girlfriend Hina, These priceless Tikis were unearthed in a rice field by a Chinese farmer early in the 20th century. The farmer gave the images to the Catholic Church, who in turn donated them to the Museum.
The Exhibit was organized into sections, My Favorite was the "Ku Kitsch"
And in a glass case alongside these precious and priceless works of art, lies a Tiki Farm Tiki Mug.
Wow, in the same case as Duke's stuff.
Holden, you've made the big time. Now you are no longer just a businessman, raconteur, gadabout, all around bro, apuppetapauperapirateapoetapawnandaking, you are now a historic footnote. I tip my Mai-Tai to you. Congratulation.
Mahalo,
Al
[ Edited by: Alnshely 2007-12-02 20:48 ]
