Subject: ali'i chief
Culture: Hawaiian
Setting: unification of Hawaii, 1795-1810
Object: costume > mahiole helmet
Hawaiian Marketplace *
"Mahiole & 'Ahu'ulu - Helmets & Cloaks functioned primarily as battle garb."
* Museo de América > El Conocimiento de América
Museo de América > El Conocimiento de América *
"Casco de fibre
vegetal y plumas,
Islas Sandwich"
* Museo de América > El Conocimiento de América
Museo de América > El Conocimiento de América *
* Museo de América > El Conocimiento de América
Museo de América > El Conocimiento de América *
* Museo de América > El Conocimiento de América
Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology > Pacific Islands Hall *
"Helmet, mahiole fiber (ie ie, freycinetia) Hawaiian Islands
The cap portion of this helmet was constructed using a single-pair twining technique; the base was fashioned by rows of two-pair interlocking wefts. The upper ends of the prop warps were incorporated into the crest. Though absent here, caps of similar style were decorated with feathers." ...
* Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology > Pacific Islands Hall
Wicker Helmet Covered with Projections
Hawaii" ...
Mach's Creative Crochet *
