| Providence Undetermined Hawaiian Sculpture by L. Halley Cox with William H. Davenport British Museum, London S-9 Bowl with 3 support figures Height 7 ¾ inches hard brown wood |
| In Hawaii, sculptures were made for magical, religious, and social uses. It was representational art, undertaken for the express purpose of rendering abstract concepts into concrete form. “I drew this sculpture twice. The first time, I drew it true to its current state, with its faces totally worn off due to many years of ritual usage. At the time of the second drawing, for some reason or another, the sculpture compelled me to reconstruct its faces, giving back its identity and restoring its Mana. Many of my drawings become a spiritual journey within myself, as did this one, but for some reason this drawing was the first in which I actually heard voices.” |
