Cloak

Description

Cloak (ahu'ula) of red and yellow feathers knotted into an olona fibre network of quadrantal shape: Polynesian, Hawaiian Islands

Museum reference

A.1954.83

Collection

Oceania

Object name

Cloak, Ahu'ula

Production information

Hawaiian Islands, Polynesia

Style / Culture

Hawaiian

Materials

Feather, Plant fibre

Associations

Previous owner: Chichester Museum
Previous owner: Duke of Richmond
Beasley Collection

Exhibitions

• Hawai'i - the Royal Islands (14 Oct 2017 - 13 May 2018)
  Linden-Museum Stuttgart, Staatliches Museum für Völkerkunde

References

Arbeit, W (2011) 'Links to the Past: The Work of Early Hawaiian Artisans', University of Hawaii Press, p135

Kaeppler, Adrienne L. (2010) 'Hawaiian Featherwork: Catalogue Raisonné of pre-1900 Feathered-God images, Cloaks, Capes, Helmets'

On display

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