IDNO

N.131562.HNL

Description

“At Haka Ui, Nukuhiva, Marquesas Islands.
Section of an old canoe which has been made in two parts, connected by a tongue splice. 1925.” [Hornell’s 1925 annotation]

Place

Oceania Polynesia; French Polynesia; Marquesas Islands; Nukuhiva; Hakau'i

Cultural Affliation

Named Person

Photographer

Hornell, James

Collector / Expedition

Hornell, James

Date

22 - 24 January 1925

Collection Name

Hornell Collection

Source

Hornell, Charlotte (Mrs)

Format

Film Negative Black & White

Primary Documentation

Other Information

N.131502.HNL - P.131627.HNL were found unaccessioned in Drawer C.43.14 of the Photo Store, in a cardboard box, now numbered C639/

Context: Canoe, vaka. A section of a canoe from Hakau'i, Nuku Hiva. This end, and the other from the same canoe, were cut off and are now in the British Museum (registration numbers Oc1925,1119.187 and 188). It was one of two, old and disused canoes seen at Hakau'i by the St George Expedition team, during their visit to Hakau'i, January 22nd-24th, 1925. Another Hornell image of the canoe end is in the British Museum (registration number Oc,B61.1). [Information provided by Natasha McKinnery, JD 11/04/2016]

Publication: Related image published in Haddon, A.C. and J. Hornell, 1936, Canoes of Oceania, (Bishop Museum Publication, Honolulu), Vol. 1 Fig. 29a with the following caption:
“After section of one of two Marquesan hulls formerly used as a double war canoe: a, forward end, showing the after part of a great mortise-and tenon joint employed in joining the two underbody sections, end to end, to form hull of length required; ... (photographed in 1925 at Hakaui, Nukuhiva).” [JD 31/3/2008]

Bibliographical Reference: Haddon, A. C., & Hornell, J. (1936-1938). Canoes of Oceania. Honolulu, HI: Bernice P. Bishop Museum. Volume 1, pages 45-47 relate to the Hakau'i canoes, with images of the collected canoe ends on page 46. [Information provided by Natasha McKinnery, JD 11/04/2016]

Expedition: The St George expedition was organised by the Scientific Expeditionary Research Association. Following departure from England in April 1924, 18 months were spent in the islands surrounding Panama and off the Colombian coast, the Galapagos Islands, the Marquesas, the Tuamotus, Tahiti, the Austral Islands and Rapa Nui. Significant zoological and botanical collections were made and these were donated to the Natural History Museum and the Kew Herbarium, primarily. The ethnological collections were donated to the British Museum, the Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, Cambridge University, and the Pitt Rivers Museum, Oxford University. [Information provided by Natasha McKinnery, JD 11/04/2016]