Ka Wai Ola - Office of Hawaiian Affairs, Volume 33, Number 12, 1 December 2016 — Hawaiian Featherwork book wins award [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

Hawaiian Featherwork book wins award

Abookfeaturing Hawaiian featherwork from nahonal and international

collections - and including insight from Hawai'i scholars and cultural practioners - was honored with the R. L. Shep Ethnic Textiles Book award for 2015 for exemplary scholarship and engaging presentation. The award for "Royal Hawaiian Featherwork: Nā Hulu Ali'i" was presented in October at the

fextiie Society of America Biennial Symposium in Savannah, Georgia. The book documents the 2016 exhibit of Hawaiian featherwork shown at the De

Young museum in San Francisco, whieh was notable for being the first showing of Hawaiian feather work in the continental United States. Produced by the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, Bishop Museum in Honolulu, and University of Hawai'i Press, the book features 'ahu 'ula (feather capes), akua hula (feathered gods), mahiole (feathered helmets) and informa-

tion on the birds whose feathers were used, in addition to scholarly essays that provide historical and contemporary insight on Hawaiian featherwork. This book ean be purchased at the Bishop Museum's Shop Paeihea. For orders, eall 848-4158 for or email shop@bishopmuseum.org.