A 'GARISH' Hawaiian shirt which offers a tribute to Teesside's most famous son, explorer Captain James Cook, is to go on display at the British Museum.

The 1970s vintage shirt is emblazoned with images made by artists who travelled with the Middlesbrough-born explorer when he landed in Hawaii on his third and final voyage. Cook died on the islands – he was clubbed on the head and murdered when his ships turned back after initially leaving Hawaii.

The new exhibition - Reimagining Captain Cook: Pacific Perspectives - marks the 250th anniversary of Cook's first voyage to the Pacific and runs until next August.

As well as the shirt, bought online for around £50, highlights of the 88 objects and images going on show include a contemporary work which aims to restore awareness of traditional Maori names. Julie Adams, the British Museum's curator of Oceania collections, said it was a good time to "rethink" Captain Cook with a variety of "Pacific voices". The show will not be a "one-dimensional" view of a "great navigator", she said. The exhibition will also look at colonisation and indigenous tribes.