Julius Scammon Rodman (1912-2001), of New Bedford, Massachusetts, whaling stock, arrived in Hawaii in 1930 following a year ...

Some wear patterns on certain artifacts indicate they served ceremonial purposes, such as the crafting of feather ornaments and scarification, which had been practiced and reported in other regions of ...

This is when one of the five variations of Chief Pontiac's head in a ring ornaments began to appear. The one shown above features the vhief's stylized head with three feathers trailing behind in ...