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Helmets from Hawaii
Object Number 2004.24.18169
Display Title Helmets from Hawaii
Descriptions
Object Description Helmets. 1. Honolulu - Bishop Museum. 2. Oxford University Museum. 3. Madrid-Mus. arqueoloque. 4. London British Museum. Hawaii. Acc. No. 46-54. cf. Sydow. erik von, Die Kunst der Naturvoelker und der Vorzeit. F.A. 178.18.9 page 126
Subject
  • Protective
  • Helmet
  • Headgear
Department Photographic
Artist Frederick Rhodes Pleasants
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / United States / Hawaii
Materials Negative, nitrate
Dimensions Overall: 7.62 x 10.16 cm (3 x 4 in.)

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Groups, Extended Family: Three people sitting by the ashes of a fire underneath a tree, with "Gao /Helmet's" skerms in the background
2001.29.3039 Groups, Extended Family: Three people sitting by the ashes of a fire underneath a tree, with "Gao /Helmet's" skerms in the background
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"Gao Helmet" sitting with extended family in his werft, including Khuan//a of Band 4 (daughter of "Old /Gaishay" and Di//khao), Khwo//o-Gasa (daughter of "Old /Gaishay" and Di//khao), ≠Gao (husband of Khwo//o-/Gasa), //Kushay ("Gao Helmet's" first wife, daughter of ≠Gao and Khwo//o-/Gasa), /Gasa (wife of /Qui, "Gao Helmet's" brother), //Khuga (/Gasa's mother, wife of "Old !Naishi"), "Old /Gam" (wife of "Old ≠Toma", mother of //Kushay), //Kushay ("Gao Helmet's" first wife), /Tuka (husband of Xama) and ≠Toma (son of /Naishi)
2001.29.14365 "Gao Helmet" sitting with extended family in his werft, including Khuan//a of Band 4 (daughter of "Old /Gaishay" and Di//khao), Khwo//o-Gasa (daughter of "Old /Gaishay" and Di//khao), ≠Gao (husband of Khwo//o-/Gasa), //Kushay ("Gao Helmet's" first wife, daughter of ≠Gao and Khwo//o-/Gasa), /Gasa (wife of /Qui, "Gao Helmet's" brother), //Khuga (/Gasa's mother, wife of "Old !Naishi"), "Old /Gam" (wife of "Old ≠Toma", mother of //Kushay), //Kushay ("Gao Helmet's" first wife), /Tuka (husband of Xama) and ≠Toma (son of /Naishi)
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"Gao Helmet" sitting with extended family in his werft, including Khuan//a of Band 4 (daughter of "Old /Gaishay" and Di//khao), Khwo//o-Gasa (daughter of "Old /Gaishay" and Di//khao), ≠Gao (husband of Khwo//o-/Gasa), //Kushay ("Gao Helmet's" first wife, daughter of ≠Gao and Khwo//o-/Gasa), /Gasa (wife of /Qui, "Gao Helmet's" brother), //Khuga (/Gasa's mother, wife of "Old !Naishi"), "Old /Gam" (wife of "Old ≠Toma", mother of //Kushay), //Kushay ("Gao Helmet's" first wife), /Tuka (husband of Xama) and ≠Toma (son of /Naishi)
2001.29.14364 "Gao Helmet" sitting with extended family in his werft, including Khuan//a of Band 4 (daughter of "Old /Gaishay" and Di//khao), Khwo//o-Gasa (daughter of "Old /Gaishay" and Di//khao), ≠Gao (husband of Khwo//o-/Gasa), //Kushay ("Gao Helmet's" first wife, daughter of ≠Gao and Khwo//o-/Gasa), /Gasa (wife of /Qui, "Gao Helmet's" brother), //Khuga (/Gasa's mother, wife of "Old !Naishi"), "Old /Gam" (wife of "Old ≠Toma", mother of //Kushay), //Kushay ("Gao Helmet's" first wife), /Tuka (husband of Xama) and ≠Toma (son of /Naishi)
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Reproduced colored drawings of two Secotan men.
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Groups, Extended Family: "Gao Helmet" sitting with his family in his dwelling place, including Khuan//a (daughter of "Old /Gaishay"), Khwo//o-/Gasa, ≠Gao (husband of Khwo//o-/Gasa), //Kushay ("Gao Helmet's" second wife, daughter of ≠Gao and Khwo//o-/Gasa), //Kushay (first wife of "Gao Helmet"), "Old ≠Toma" (father of //Kushay), Zuma (daughter of /Xama and sister of "Gao Helmet"), Xama (daughter of "Gao Helmet" and his first wife), //Khuga (wife of !Naishi), and Khuan//a (daughter of //Khuga and !Naishi)
2001.29.1891 Groups, Extended Family: "Gao Helmet" sitting with his family in his dwelling place, including Khuan//a (daughter of "Old /Gaishay"), Khwo//o-/Gasa, ≠Gao (husband of Khwo//o-/Gasa), //Kushay ("Gao Helmet's" second wife, daughter of ≠Gao and Khwo//o-/Gasa), //Kushay (first wife of "Gao Helmet"), "Old ≠Toma" (father of //Kushay), Zuma (daughter of /Xama and sister of "Gao Helmet"), Xama (daughter of "Gao Helmet" and his first wife), //Khuga (wife of !Naishi), and Khuan//a (daughter of //Khuga and !Naishi)
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
Groups, Extended Family: "Gao Helmet" sitting with his family in his dwelling place, including Khuan//a (daughter of "Old /Gaishay"), Khwo//o-/Gasa, ≠Gao (husband of Khwo//o-/Gasa), //Kushay ("Gao Helmet's" second wife, daughter of ≠Gao and Khwo//o-/Gasa), //Kushay (first wife of "Gao Helmet"), "Old ≠Toma" (father of //Kushay), Zuma (daughter of /Xama and sister of "Gao Helmet"), Xama (daughter of "Gao Helmet" and his first wife), //Khuga (wife of !Naishi), and Khuan//a (daughter of //Khuga and !Naishi)
2001.29.1892 Groups, Extended Family: "Gao Helmet" sitting with his family in his dwelling place, including Khuan//a (daughter of "Old /Gaishay"), Khwo//o-/Gasa, ≠Gao (husband of Khwo//o-/Gasa), //Kushay ("Gao Helmet's" second wife, daughter of ≠Gao and Khwo//o-/Gasa), //Kushay (first wife of "Gao Helmet"), "Old ≠Toma" (father of //Kushay), Zuma (daughter of /Xama and sister of "Gao Helmet"), Xama (daughter of "Gao Helmet" and his first wife), //Khuga (wife of !Naishi), and Khuan//a (daughter of //Khuga and !Naishi)
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