Gods [AND GODDESSES] suitable for carving. (Can’t tell my Lono from my Ku) - General Tiki

J jtiki Member Joined: May 06, 2002 Posts: 111	J jtiki Posted posted on Mon, Jan 20, 2003 3:01 PM HEY GECKO I think that is exactly how Aliis (sp? – GECKO’s charming wahine, whose name sounds like the word for Hawaiian royalty) described it when we met you at La Mariana. She said that the street carvers always carved he same sort of designs and they were a little fuzzy on exactly what they were. I did put in a call to the Baltimore Museum of art, asking the iconography question. My mother docents there, and they have probably the largest Oceania collection in the area. They referred my to a guy even closer, turns out one of the curators at the Smithsonian Natural History Museum (just down the street) is a Hawaiian Art expert. However, when presented with my relatively novice questions he responded much as I would expect a curator to, referring me to the Cox, Hawaiian Sculpture Book and an article he wrote in an impossible to find journal back in 1982. (Anyone have a copy of RES, The Journal of Anthropology and Aesthetics, spring 82? – yeah I thought not). In response to my question about the depiction of Goddesses, he did tell me that there is a goddess in the collection of this museum, but I can’t find her. PS – where did you find that quilt bracelet, I’m on the hunt, with Valentine’s Day in mind. jtiki [ Edited by: jtiki on 2003-01-20 15:02 ]

HEY GECKO

I think that is exactly how Aliis (sp? – GECKO’s charming wahine, whose name sounds like the word for Hawaiian royalty) described it when we met you at La Mariana. She said that the street carvers always carved he same sort of designs and they were a little fuzzy on exactly what they were.

I did put in a call to the Baltimore Museum of art, asking the iconography question. My mother docents there, and they have probably the largest Oceania collection in the area. They referred my to a guy even closer, turns out one of the curators at the Smithsonian Natural History Museum (just down the street) is a Hawaiian Art expert. However, when presented with my relatively novice questions he responded much as I would expect a curator to, referring me to the Cox, Hawaiian Sculpture Book and an article he wrote in an impossible to find journal back in 1982. (Anyone have a copy of RES, The Journal of Anthropology and Aesthetics, spring 82? – yeah I thought not). In response to my question about the depiction of Goddesses, he did tell me that there is a goddess in the collection of this museum, but I can’t find her.

PS – where did you find that quilt bracelet, I’m on the hunt, with Valentine’s Day in mind.

jtiki

[ Edited by: jtiki on 2003-01-20 15:02 ]

Post #20348 by jtiki on Mon, Jan 20, 2003 3:01 PM