Rare Summers and Kirch Book Bundle from Kona Historical Society
Item Number: 266
Time Left: CLOSED
Value: $960
Online Close: Dec 13, 2020 5:00 PM HST
Bid History: 0 bids
Description
Enjoy this bundle with incredibe information about Hawaiians, culture and history, as well as an anthropology report about Anahulu Valley on O'ahu.
This bundle includes:
- "Hawaiian Cordage" by Catherine C. Summers. This thorough examination of Hawaiian cordage adds considerably to our knowledge of traditional Hawaiian material and is an indispensible reference for both scholars and the artisan of today who wishes to utilize the methods and materials of Ancient Hawaiians faithfully. The cover states: "Pacific Anthropological Records" and "Volumne 39."
- "Material Culture: The J. S. Emerson Collection of Hawaiian Artifacts" by Catherine C. Summers. This publication gives educators and students of Hawaiian history and culture, anthropologists, ethnologists, archaeologists, and curators abroad view into the everyday activities of ancient Hawaiians. J. S. Emerson's nineteenth-century conversations and Catherine Summers' photographs and analysis provide a baseline for further study of traditional Hawaiian culture and its adaptations of Western influences.
- "Late Prehistoric and Early Historic Settlement-Subsistence Systems in the Anahulu Valley, O'ahu" by Patrick V. Kirch publsihed in November 1978.
Kona Historical Society's Jean Greenwell Library & Archive is a privately funded and operated research archive, consisting of collections of historical photographs, books, unpublished diaries, journals, letters, family records and memorabilia, land documents, and selected Kona newspapers and articles. Records of local coffee enterprises, ranches, community clubs, and ethnic organizations include correspondence, minutes of board and committee meetings, financial records, and publications.
For more information, visit https://konahistorical.org/jean-greenwell-library-and-archive
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Items won during Kona Historical Society's 2020 Online Auction are available for pickup from the Society's Kalukalu Headquarters in Kealakekua for 90 days from close of auction. If items are not picked up by close of business on the 90th day (March 13, 2021), items are forfeit! No refunds will be granted for forfeit items.
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