Hawaiian featherwork
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Hawaiian featherwork is a traditional Native Hawaiian art form that uses colorful feathers to create elaborate garments, regalia, and ceremonial objects symbolizing status, spirituality, and cultural identity.
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Native Hawaiian art
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intangible cultural heritage ⓘ material culture ⓘ traditional art form ⓘ |
| aimsTo |
express mana and kapu concepts
ⓘ
honor ancestors ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Native Hawaiians NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| continuedIn | post-contact Hawaii ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Hawaii NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| culturalSignificance |
royal regalia
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sacred objects ⓘ |
| developedIn | Hawaiian Islands NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| documentedBy |
anthropologists
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explorers ⓘ missionaries ⓘ |
| documentedIn | ethnographic collections ⓘ |
| hasPart |
ceremonial objects
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feather capes ⓘ feather cloaks ⓘ feather helmets ⓘ feather lei ⓘ feather standards ⓘ |
| hasStyle |
bold color contrasts
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geometric patterns ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod | pre-contact Hawaii ⓘ |
| preservedIn |
Bishop Museum
NERFINISHED
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British Museum NERFINISHED ⓘ Smithsonian Institution NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| relatedTo | Polynesian featherwork NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| revitalizedBy |
contemporary Hawaiian artists
ⓘ
cultural practitioners ⓘ |
| symbolizes |
chiefly authority
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cultural identity ⓘ spirituality ⓘ status ⓘ |
| technique |
overlapping feather placement
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patterned color arrangements ⓘ tying feathers to a fiber netting ⓘ |
| threatenedBy |
bird species decline
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colonial disruption ⓘ |
| usedBy |
Hawaiian chiefs
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
aliʻi ⓘ |
| usedIn |
ceremonial occasions
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religious rituals ⓘ state ceremonies ⓘ |
| usesMaterial |
bird feathers
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natural dyes ⓘ olona fiber ⓘ plant fiber netting ⓘ |
Referenced by (1)
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