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Referens till "Man from the Marquesas" i "Atlas to Cook´s second voyage", London 1777 samt Marquesan artifact plate ur d:o. Kaeppler 1978 sid 10, samt fig 306, 307).

"The uhikana .. belongs to the more simple type that lacks the open-work plates of tortoise-shell in front of the mother-of-pearl plate, the uhi...
It is perhaps only this type, fitted with tortoiseshell that has a valid claim to the appellation uhikana, seeing that kana, accordning to v. d. Steinen (vol II, p. 18) means "glistering" or "lustrous", epithets which in this connection would not refer to the mother-of-pearl, but to the ornately worked tortoise-shell. From Sparrman's account of his travels (II:2 p.61) it appears that he acquired both his uhikana specimenns in Tahuata ("Christina"), i.e. in the S.W. group.

Sparrman (op.cit.), who refers to the uhikana as "a kind of diadem or bandeau royal", gives the following description of it: "the diadem consists of a flat piece of mother-of-pearl, partly overlaid with an artistically sculptured sheet of tortoise-shell. This ornament, together with one of more small pieces of pearl-oyster shell, and the plumes, contrast very pleasantly with the face and body, which are always heavily tattooed and thereby quite dark in colour". . .The plumes referred to by Sparrman were black cock feathers, attached to the back of the diadem. Söderström sid 22 ff.</pres:description><pres:content>Förvärvad av Anders Sparrman under James Cooks andra världsomsegling 1772-75., human hair and tapa added to material fields 2017/11/15, A O'Brien., Kaeppler 1978, Söderström 1939., Feathers, Söderström, Jan &amp; Sparrman, Anders (1939). A. Sparrman's ethnographical collection from James Cook's 2nd expedition: (1772-1775). Stockholm: Statens etnografiska museum, Söderhavet, Polynesien, Stilla havet, Pacifiska oceanen, Pacifiken, Stilla Oceanen, French Polynesia, Polynesia, Marquesas Islands, Samlingsbesök. 2017-10. Banks/Sparrman, Samlingsbesök. 2018-09. 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