Cloak

Description

Feather cloak (ahu'ula): Polynesia, Hawaiian Islands, 18th century

Museum reference

A.UC.380

Collection

Oceania

Object name

Cloak, Ahu'ula

Production information

Hawaiian Islands, Polynesia

Date

18th century

Style / Culture

Hawaiian

Materials

Plant fibre, Feather

References

Arbeit, W (2011) 'Links to the Past: The Work of Early Hawaiian Artisans', University of Hawaii Press, p144

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

Adrienne L. Kaeppler, Christian Kaufman and Douglas Newton (1993) 'L'Art Oceanien' Paris, Citadelles & Mazenod

Te Rangi Hiroa (Peter S. Buck). 1957. Arts and Crafts of Hawaii. Bernice P. Bishop Museum Special Publication 45, p. 229, Figure 160.b. Honolulu: Bishop Museum Press