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The Hawaiian feather cloaks were decorated using yellow, red, sometimes black and green plumage taken from specific types of native birds [22] [23] (cf. § Bird feathers below). The plant used to make the netting is olonā or Touchardia latifolia , a member of the nettle family [ 24 ] (cf. § Early and later types ).
Hawaiian feather helmets, known as mahiole in the Hawaiian language, [2] were worn with feather cloaks (ʻahu ʻula). These were symbols of the highest rank reserved for the men of the aliʻi, [3] the chiefly class of Hawaii. There are examples of this traditional headgear in museums around the world.
18th-century Hawaiian helmet and cloak, signs of royalty. Ancient Hawaiʻi was a caste society developed from ancestral Polynesians. In The overthrow of the kapu system in Hawaii, Stephenie Seto Levin describes the main classes: [27] Aliʻi. This class consisted of the high and lesser chiefs of the realms.
Late 18th Century to early 19th Century — the arrival of James Cook. ... the United States Minister to Hawaii, and US Marines from the USS Boston. By January 17, 1893, the overthrow of the ...
A mythical enemy-incinerating kapa (barkcloth) cape, retold as a feather skirt in one telling, occurs in Hawaiian mythology. In the tradition regarding the hero ʻAukelenuiaʻīkū, [c] the hero's grandmother Moʻoinanea who is matriarch of the divine lizards (moʻo akua, or simply moʻo) gives him her severed tail, which transforms into a cape (or kapa lehu, i.e. tapa) that turns enemies into ...
Kii-Hulu Manu (Hawaiian feathered image), 18th century, believed to represent Kuka’ilimoku, wicker, feathers, mother-of-pearl, dog teeth, Cook-Forster Collection of the University of Göttingen, Germany. Art existing prior to Cook’s arrival (in 1778) is very similar to the art of other Pacific Islanders.
A Hawaiian ‘ahu‘ula (feathered cape). Aztec feather shield 'meander and sun" (around 1520, Landesmuseum Württemberg) Featherwork is the working of feathers into a work of art or cultural artifact. This was especially elaborate among the peoples of Oceania and the Americas, such as the Incas and Aztecs.
The United States declined to join France and the United Kingdom in this statement, even though President John Tyler had verbally recognized Hawaiian independence. In 1849 the United States formally recognized Hawaiian independence. [51] November 28, Lā Kūʻokoʻa (Independence Day), became a Hawaiian national holiday to celebrate the ...