01755nam a2200205Ia 45000010005000000080041000050100015000460200018000610500021000790820021001002450149001212600069002703000020003395201056003595460012014156500016014276500070014436500025015136510011015386496260427s9999    xx            000 0 und d  a2015010940  a9780824855871  aGN435.9.R69 2015  a745.509969--dc23 0aRoyal Hawaiian Featherwork: Na Hulu Ali'i/ cFine Arts Museums of San Francisco in collaboration with the Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu  bFine Arts Museums of San Francisco; University of Hawaii Press;   a284p; c29x25cm  aEdited by Leah Caldeira, Christina Hellmich, Adrienne L. Kaeppler, Betty Lou Kam and Roger G. Rose with Maile Andrade, M. Kamalu du Preez, Samuel M. 'Ohukani'ohi'a Gon III, Noelle M. K. Y. Kahanu, Stacy L. Kamehiro, Marques Hanalei Marzan, and NoenoeK. Silva.  --------Book accompanying exhibition. 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, survive today except in museums and private collections. Through photographs and scholarly essays, Royal Hawaiian Featherwork highlights approximately seventy-five rare examples of the finest featherwork capes and cloaks (‘ahu‘ula) extant, as well as royal staffs of feathers (kāhili), feather lei (lei hulu manu), helmets (mahiole), feathered god images (akua hulu manu), and related eighteenth- and nineteenth-century paintings and works on paper.  aEnglish  aFeatherwork  aGT500-2370 Manners and customs (General)- Costume. Dress. Fashion  aIndigenous societies  aHawaii