Royal Hawaiian featherwork : Nā Hulu Aliʻi

Royal Hawaiian featherwork : Nā Hulu Aliʻi /

Painstakingly constructed by hand of plant fiber and precious feathers from endemic birds of Hawai'i, feather cloaks and capes provided spiritual protection to Hawaiian chiefs for centuries while proclaiming their royal status. Few of the artworks known as nā hulu ali'i, or royal feathers...

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Main Authors: Andrade, Maile (Author), Du Preez, M. Kamalu (Author), Gon, Samuel M., III (Author), Kahanu, Noelle M.K.Y (Author), Kamehiro, Stacy L. (Author), Marzan, Marques Hanalei (Author), Silva, Noenoe K., 1954- (Author)
Other Authors: Caldeira, Leah (Editor), Hellmich, Christina (Editor), Kaeppler, Adrienne L., 1935-2022 (Editor), Kam, Betty Lou (Editor), Rose, Roger G. (Editor)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: San Francisco, CA : Honolulu : Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco ; In collaboration with the Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum : University of Hawaiʻi Press, [2015]
Subjects:
Featherwork > Hawaii.
Featherwork > Hawaii > Pictorial works.
Featherwork > Hawaii > Exhibitions.
Featherwork > Hawaii > History.
Birds in art.
Birds in art > Exhibitions.
Birds in art > Pictorial works.
Hawaiian art.
Hawaiian art > Exhibitions.
Hawaiian art > Pictorial works.
Hawaiian art > 18th century > History.
Hawaiian art > 19th century > History.
Hawaii > Social life and customs.
Hawaii > History.
Exhibition catalogs.
Table of Contents:
  • Dedication to Paulette Kahalepuna / Samuel M. ʻOhukaniʻōhiʻa Gon III
  • Foreword / Richard Benefield
  • Foreword / Blair D. Collis
  • Preface / Kippen De Alba Chu
  • Statement / George H. Fenwick
  • Introduction. A journey of encounters and engagement / Maile Andrade and Noelle M.K.Y. Kahanu
  • Nā akua hulu : mau nō ko kākou kuleana - feathered gods : our continued responsibility
  • ʻAhu ʻUla : the most treasured of chiefly possessions
  • The aesthetics, materials, and construction of Hawaiian featherwork / Marques Hanalei Marzan and Samuel M. ʻOhukaniʻōhiʻa Gon III
  • ʻAhu ʻUla in the shape of a trapezoid
  • Hawaiian featherwork in the age of exploration / Adrienne L. Kaeppler
  • Kāʻei kapu o ka lani līloa : the sacred sash of Chief Līloa
  • The Kāhili standards of Hawaiʻi / Roger Rose
  • The feather pāʻū of Nāhiʻenaʻena
  • Featherwork in the Hawaiian Monarchy period / Stacy L. Kamehiro
  • Lei hulu
  • Hawaiian featherwork abroad / Christina Hellmich
  • Featherwork innovations
  • The aloha of sharing a Hawaiian art / Betty Lou Kam
  • Bird and feather imagery in Hawaiian literature
  • Plates
  • Timeline
  • Selected biographies
  • Glossary
  • Bibliography
  • Acknowledgments
  • Index.

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