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Benin Altar Tusks (Edo: Aken’ni Elao) are ivory artefacts from the Benin Kingdom in present-day Benin City, Edo State, Nigeria.These tusks date back to the 16th century and measure approximately 61 inches (1,500 mm) in height, 5.2 inches (130 mm) in width, 4.7 inches (120 mm) in depth, and weighing 25 kilograms (55 lb) according to a sample at the British Museum.
Hawaiian art. Kuʻu Hae Aloha (My Beloved Flag), Hawaiian cotton quilt from Waimea, before 1918, Honolulu Museum of Art. The Hawaiian archipelago consists of 137 islands in the Pacific Ocean that are far from any other land. Polynesians arrived there one to two thousand years ago, and in 1778 Captain James Cook and his crew became the first ...
May 10, 1931. (1931-05-10) (aged 26) Honolulu, Hawaii. Education. Rhode Island School of Design and Art Students League of New York. Known for. Painting. Arman Tateos Manookian (Armenian: Արման Թադէոս Մանուկեան; May 15, 1904 – May 10, 1931) was an Armenian-American painter best known for his works depicting Hawaiian scenes.
The whiteness of the ivory tusk is like orhue, a pure, white, kaolin clay considered to be the essence of harmony and spirituality. Orhue is ubiquitous in Edo rituals; it is applied to the faces and bodies of participants in ceremonies, blown into the air in powdered form as purification, painted in sacred designs on shrine floors, and mixed ...
Ewa District, Hawaii. ʻEwa was one of the original districts, known as moku, of the island of Oʻahu in Ancient Hawaii history. The word ʻewa means "crooked" or "ill-fitting" in Hawaiian. [1] The name comes from the myth that the gods Kāne and Kanaloa threw a stone to determine the boundaries, but it was lost and later found at Pili o Kahe. [2]
Pūloʻuloʻu are often called " kapu sticks". They were symbol of the authority and protection of the aliʻi (chiefs) of Ancient Hawaii and also represented the mana (spiritual power) of the aliʻi. [1] [2] It was made by wrapping bundles of kapa cloth on a stick. They were given ancestral names and placed in areas of prominence.
ʻEwa Beach, Hawaii. ʻEwa Beach (/ ɛvə /) [2] or simply ʻEwa (Hawaiian pronunciation: [ˈʔɛvə]) is a census-designated place (CDP) located in ʻEwa District and the City & County of Honolulu along the coast of Māmala Bay on the leeward side of Oʻahu in Hawaii. As of the 2010 Census, the CDP had a total population of 14,955.
Arthur Johnsen. Arthur Johnsen (August 27, 1952 – November 15, 2015) [1][2] was an American artist. Born and raised on Oahu and living most of his post-university life on the Big Island of Hawaii, he is known for his impressionistic paintings and murals of Hawaiiana. He is best known internationally for his 2003 painting of the volcano ...