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Royal Hawaiian Featherwork - N? Hulu Ali‘i (Paperback)
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Royal Hawaiian Featherwork - N? Hulu Ali‘i (Paperback)
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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
n? 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 extant: capes and cloaks
('ahu'ula), royal staffs (k?hili), feather lei (lei hulu manu),
helmets (mahiole), feathered god images (akua hulu manu), and
related paintings and works on paper. With their brilliant coloring
and abstract compositions of crescents, triangles, circles,
quadrilaterals, and lines, the artworks are both beautiful and rich
in cultural significance. This lavishly illustrated volume also
serves as the catalogue to accompany the first exhibition of
Hawaiian featherwork to be staged on the U.S. continent, scheduled
for a six-month run starting in August 2015 at the Fine Arts
Museums of San Francisco. The book and exhibition provide an
overdue opportunity for the public to discover the central role
these artworks played in the culture and history of the Hawaiian
Islands, to explore their unparalleled technical craftsmanship, and
to discover an aesthetic tradition unique to the Hawaiian
archipelago.
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