87 FIG. 24 (left): James Hooper with one of his favorite pieces, the Cuming Hawaiian drum, September 1977. Photo courtesy of Steven Hooper. This drum (H272) was acquired by Hooper by exchange with Kenneth Webster in 1948. Hooper was not aware of its Cuming provenance. FIG. 25 (right): Drum with fi gurative base. Hawaii. Before 1778. Wood, shark skin, fi ber. H: 29.2 cm. British Museum, Oc1977,08.1. This drum is included in Cuming’s manuscript catalog but without provenance. Adrienne Kaeppler has traced its history. It was sold in the Leverian Museum sale as lot 209 and was purchased by Peter Dick. It was sold again at the auction of the collection of Peter Dick as lot 40 and was purchased by Triphook. How it entered the Cuming Collection is unrecorded. It was almost certainly bought from the Cuming Museum by Ken Webster in the years following WWII, and he exchanged it with James Hooper in 1948. Following Hooper’s death, the drum was sold again at Christie’s in London in 1977, where it was acquired by the British Museum. FIG. 27 (above): Headrest. Tonga. Wood. L: 47 cm. Cuming Museum, C4802. Purchased June 1850. FIG. 26 (left): Stool. Cook Islands. Wood. L: 38 cm. Cuming Museum, C4806.
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