Memoirs of the Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum

Heading: (Hawaii & Polynesia)
Author: Brigham, William T., et al.
Title: Memoirs of The Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum of Polynesian Ethnology and Natural History
Place Published: Honolulu
Publisher:Bishop Museum Press
Date Published: 1899-1903
Description:

6 volumes. Illustrated with plates from photographs and other sources, some in color, maps. Includes the complete volume of Color Plates Illustrating Ka Hana Kapa by William T. Brigham. (4to) 30x23.5 cm (11¾x9¼"), red straight grain half-morocco over marbled boards rebacked with original spine panels of some volumes retained, some volumes recornered, original wrappers bound in.

A scarce set covering the wide breadth of Hawaiian culture and natural history, starting with the very first publications and including the sought-after tapa color plates. The Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, designated the Hawai?i State Museum of Natural and Cultural History, is a museum of history and science in the historic Kalihi district of Honolulu on the Hawaiian island of O'ahu. Founded in 1889, it is the largest museum in Hawai'i and has the world's largest collection of Polynesian cultural artifacts and natural history specimens.

Comprises:

Volume I. ix, [1], 453 pp. Comprises:

Hawaiian Feather Work by William T. Brigham. 1899.

An Index to the Islands of the Pacific Ocean by William T. Brigham, 1900.

Key to the Birds of the Hawaiian Group by William Alanson Bryan, 1901.

Ancient Hawaiian Stone Implements by William T. Brigham, 1902.

Additional Notes on Hawaiian Feather Work with Index to Volume I, 1903

Volume II. xi-xv; viii, iv, 608 pp. Comprises:

Hawaiian Mat and Basket Weaving and Nets and Netting, 1906.

Old Hawaiian Carvings, 1906.

The Ancient Hawaiian House by William T. Brigham.

The Volcanoes of Kilauea and Mauna Loa by William T. Brigham, 1909.

Volume III. iv, 273, + iii index pp. Comprises:

Ka Hana Kapa by William T. Brigham, 1911.

Color Plates Illustrating Ka Hana Kapa by William T. Brigham, 1911.

Volume IV: [2], iv, [4], 609, + lii index pp. Comprises:

Fornander Collection of Hawaiian Antiquities and Folk-lore, Part I by Abraham Fornander and Thomas Thrum, 1916.

Fornander Collection of Hawaiian Antiquities and Folk-lore, Part II by Abraham Fornander and Thomas Thrum, 1916.

Fornander Collection of Hawaiian Antiquities and Folk-lore, Part III by Abraham Fornander and Thomas Thrum, 1917.

Volume V. [2], vi, [8], 721 + xvii index pp. Comprises:

Fornander Collection of Hawaiian Antiquities and Folk-lore: Second Series; Part I by Abraham Fornander and Thomas Thrum, 1918-19.

Fornander Collection of Hawaiian Antiquities and Folk-lore: Second Series; Part II by Abraham Fornander and Thomas Thrum, 1919.

Fornander Collection of Hawaiian Antiquities and Folk-lore: Second Series; Part III by Abraham Fornander and Thomas Thrum, 1919.

Volume VI. [10], 346 + xiii index pp. Comprises:

Fornander Collection of Hawaiian Antiquities and Folk-lore: Third Series; Part I by Abraham Fornander and Thomas Thrum, 1919.

Fornander Collection of Hawaiian Antiquities and Folk-lore: Third Series; Part II by Abraham Fornander and Thomas Thrum, 1919.

Fornander Collection of Hawaiian Antiquities and Folk-lore: Third Series; Part III by Abraham Fornander and Thomas Thrum, 1919.

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Condition Report: Spines sunned light edgewear; few chips and tears to somewhat brittle leaves, tears to some maps repaired, a bit of toning to leaves, ownership marks on front pastedowns and one or two title pages, some instances of worming,