Hula Marionette "Hula ki'i"
date: label: Accession Date
content: 21 Dec 1909
name: label: Collector
content: Dr. Nathaniel B. Emerson
label: Donor Name
content: Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition
notes: label: Notes
content: From card: "All of these marionettes (E258049-54) were employed in the hula ki'i, or marionette hula, a performance that resembled our Punch and Judy show and was accompanied by a dance." This set of marionettes are illustrated, with a lengthy discussion of hula ki'i, in Nathaniel Emerson, 1909, "Unwritten Literature of Hawaii: The Sacred Songs of the Hula" BAE Bulletin 38. p. 91-102 In 2004-5, this object was exhibited in the temporary exhibit "Hawaiian Treasures", at the NMNH. Prior to the object going on exhibit, the deteriorating silk ribbon around its neck was removed and is now stored with the object in a separate box.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 30 Apr 2024
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Hawaii (Hawaiʻi), United States, Polynesia
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 050958
label: USNM Number
content: E258050-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Marionette