Historic New England

Technical Drawing

Scroll sork design in pencil; sketches on reverse.

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product), graphite (mineral)

GUSN: 264665

Accession Number: 2002.32.91

Technical Drawing

Scroll work; leaves; one floral.

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 264666

Accession Number: 2002.32.92

Technical Drawing

Floral in center surrounded by leaves; border pattern.

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 264667

Accession Number: 2002.32.93

Technical Drawing

Shamrock with leaves; pencil sketch on back.

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product), graphite (mineral)

GUSN: 264668

Accession Number: 2002.32.94

Technical Drawing

Partially sketched abstract pattern.

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 264669

Accession Number: 2002.32.95

Technical Drawing

Three flowers with leaves.

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 264670

Accession Number: 2002.32.96

Technical Drawing

Partial pencil and ink drawing of flower and leaves; front and back sides.

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product), graphite (mineral), ink

GUSN: 264671

Accession Number: 2002.32.97

Technical Drawing

Floral, leaf, berry; collar-shaped pattern.

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 264672

Accession Number: 2002.32.98

Technical Drawing

Small flowers; circles; collar-shaped pattern.

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 264673

Accession Number: 2002.32.99

Technical Drawing

One large leaf scroll; front and back.

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 264677

Accession Number: 2002.32.100

Technical Drawing

Shamrock with leaf border pattern.

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 264678

Accession Number: 2002.32.101

Technical Drawing

Unfinished floral design.

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 264679

Accession Number: 2002.32.102

Technical Drawing

Leaves with abstracted flower in center.

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 264680

Accession Number: 2002.32.103

Technical Drawing

Abstracted floral; border pattern; front and back; goes with 2002.32.103.

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 264681

Accession Number: 2002.32.104

Technical Drawing

Floral. leaf, berry; collar-shaped pattern

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 264682

Accession Number: 2002.32.105

Technical Drawing

Scroll; collar-shaped pattern.

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 264683

Accession Number: 2002.32.106

Technical Drawing

Small flowers and leaves border pattern.

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 264684

Accession Number: 2002.32.107

Technical Drawing

Scrolls with two shamrocks; one half of sheet.

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 264685

Accession Number: 2002.32.108

Technical Drawing

Shamrock with scroll.

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 264686

Accession Number: 2002.32.109

Technical Drawing

Shamrock with scroll.

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 264688

Accession Number: 2002.32.110

Technical Drawing

Scroll work with leaf pattern.

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 264689

Accession Number: 2002.32.111

Technical Drawing

Abstract scroll border pattern.

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 264690

Accession Number: 2002.32.112

Technical Drawing

Partial scallop and flower pattern.

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 264691

Accession Number: 2002.32.113

Technical Drawing

Partial scroll work and leaf pattern.

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 264692

Accession Number: 2002.32.114

Technical Drawing

Small flower, leaf and vine pattern; front and back.

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 264693

Accession Number: 2002.32.115

Spear

Hawaiian long spear, or ihe laumake. Wooden spear has a head consisting of five triple-barbed tiers and a slender, uncarved shaft. The surface is polished. The spear would have been thrust or thrown.

Maker: unknown

Material: wood (plant material)

GUSN: 269742

Accession Number: 2006.44.3608

Maori (New Zealand/Aotearoa) short club or patu onewa, hand-held club made of grey-green stone. Club has a spatula-shaped blade polished to an edge. There are three parallel lines carved at the base of the handle with a hole above that would have originally had a flax or dogskin loop that wrapped ar...

Maker: unknown

Material: stone (rock), string (fiber product)

GUSN: 269743

Accession Number: 2006.44.3609

Sword

Wooden sword edged with shark teeth from the Gilbert Islands of Kiribati. The Gilbert Islands are known for making a wide range of shark-toothed weapons for use in ritual combat. This sword would have been used to stab and cut during hand-to-hand combat.

Maker: unknown

Material: wood (plant material), tooth

GUSN: 269744

Accession Number: 2006.44.3610

Club

A heavy wooden club - or bovai - with incised carvings over entire body, likely from Fiji. The club is slightly curved from the base of the handle to the head. The club is probably from Fiji, although there are similiar examples from Samoa and Tonga as well. The club would have been used in hand-to-...

Maker: unknown

Material: wood (plant material)

GUSN: 269745

Accession Number: 2006.44.3611

Slit Drum

Small wooden slit or gong drum, probably of Pacific Island origin. The body of the drum is carved from a single piece of wood and polished, but the ends are unfinished.

Date: 1976-2000

Maker: unknown

Material: wood (plant material)

GUSN: 269746

Accession Number: 2006.44.3612

Bowl

Double-pointed wooden kava bowl likely from Vanuatu, in an elongated oblong shape with pointed ends. The bowl is serrated along the pointed ends and the serrations run about a quarter of the way down each side of the bowl. The drinking of kava has important religous, ceremonial and cultural signific...

Maker: unknown

Material: wood (plant material)

GUSN: 269747

Accession Number: 2006.44.3613

Club

Wooden club with large bird-head shape (porowa ra aru), from New Caledonia. The club head has a large, beak-like projection on one end and a small hooded projection off the other. These clubs, most likely ceremonial, were visual symbols of rank and wealth, and were owned by men of the chiefly class...

Maker: unknown

Material: wood (plant material)

GUSN: 269748

Accession Number: 2006.44.3614

Paddle

Intricately carved small paddle fron the Austral Islands. Incised carving covers the entire paddle, including characteristic Austral Island "starburst" designs. The base of the handle is encircled with stylized human figures. This paddle was most likely made for trade with early visitors to the isla...

Maker: unknown

Material: wood (plant material)

GUSN: 269749

Accession Number: 2006.44.3615

Bowl with Handle

Carved and polished wooden bowl with doweled handle extending from just below the rim of the bowl. The bowl has a flat edge. Likely from the Pacific Islands.

Maker: unknown

Material: wood (plant material)

GUSN: 269760

Accession Number: 2006.44.3616

Kava Bowl

Carved wooden kava bowl in an elongated oblong shape tapering to two pointed ends. Probably from Vanuatu. Kava is a drink used throughout the Pacific Islands for sacred, ceremonial and social purposes.

Maker: unknown

Material: wood (plant material)

GUSN: 269761

Accession Number: 2006.44.3617

Lei

Hawaiian multi-colored feather lei with yellow silk ribbons at either end. The feathers on this lei lay flat and tight along the horizontal, with yellow, red and green bands of feathers. Tradtionally, the lei would have been worn by high-status - or ali'i - women.

Maker: unknown

Material: feather (material)

GUSN: 269762

Accession Number: 2006.44.3618

Lei

A yellow feather lei from Hawaii with yellow silk ribbons at either end. The feathers lie flat and tight along the horizontal. Traditionally, feathered leis would have been worn by women of high status, known as ali'i.

Maker: unknown

Material: feather (material), silk (textile), yarn

GUSN: 269763

Accession Number: 2006.44.3619

Lei

Hawaiian feather lei made of fluffy yellow feathers and a yellow ribbon at either end. Traditionally, feather leis would have been worn only by women of the noble class, known as the ali'i. Purchased in 1922 by Stephen W. Phillips.

Maker: unknown

Material: feather (material), silk (textile), yarn

GUSN: 269764

Accession Number: 2006.44.3620

Bowl

Carved wooden bowl from the Marquesan Islands, exterior covered with typical Marquesan designs of triangles, concentric squares, six-petaled flower. Interior of bowl is unadorned. The bowl would have been used in everyday life.

Maker: unknown

Material: wood (plant material)

GUSN: 269765

Accession Number: 2006.44.3621

Bowl

Carved wooden bowl with footed base, from the Marquesan Islands. Bowl is extensively carved with both traditional and non-traditional design motifs, concentric arches, triangles, and ovals. Interior is unadorned. Most likely made for the tourist trade.

Maker: unknown

Material: wood (plant material)

GUSN: 269766

Accession Number: 2006.44.3622

Dish

Boat-shaped carved dish or kava bowl, front has bands of carved edges and the back has a bracket with two holes for hanging. Carved from a solid piece of wood. From Fiji, Samoa or Tonga, used to hold kava. Kava is a drink used for sacred, ceremonial and social purposes throughout the Pacific Island...

Maker: unknown

Material: wood (plant material)

GUSN: 269767

Accession Number: 2006.44.3623

Pair of Bookends

Pair of Maori (from New Zealand/ Aotearoa) carved wooden figures with shell eyes.The two figures are crudely carved but incorporate Maori design motifs of a three-fingered hand, protruding tongue, and shell eyes. These figures were made for the tourist trade and may have been bookends.

Maker: unknown

Material: wood (plant material)

GUSN: 269768

Accession Number: 2006.44.3624

Necklace

Long necklace of tiny white shells ('ei pupu) from the Cook Islands. 'Ei pupu are made from the yellow or brown shells of a snail, with the shells frequently boiled or soaked to bleach white. These necklaces are given as gifts and are not widely available outside of the Cook Islands.

Maker: unknown

Material: shell (animal material)

GUSN: 269771

Accession Number: 2006.44.3625

Seed Necklace

Necklace of red brown disk shaped seeds.

Maker: unknown

Material: seed

GUSN: 269772

Accession Number: 2006.44.3626

Necklace

Necklace of strung gray, white and brown seeds known as "Job's Tears." Job's Tears are native to Asia but have spread widely across the world. There are examples of objects incorporating the seeds in many different cultures, including the Pacific Islands.

Maker: unknown

Material: seed

GUSN: 269773

Accession Number: 2006.44.3627

Portrait of Jane Watson Pepperrell (1701-1765)

Portrait of Jane Watson Pepperrell. Three-quarter length portrait of a woman with dark brown hair and eyes wearing a brown printed dress with white lace collar and cuffs. Sitter has on gold drop earrings and is holding a piece of fruit. Wood frame.

Date: 1707-1713

Maker: unknown

Material: oil paint (paint), canvas

GUSN: 270127

Accession Number: 1966.241