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\nThroughout the islands that are part of  Polynesia there are many commonalities,
\nalthough each island (or island group) may differ somewhat in their
\ncustoms.  One textile of remarkable
\nbeauty is the feathered cloak, but found only in Tahiti, Hawaii and New Zealand
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\nIn Hawaii, feathered cloaks denoted rank as the higher the
\nposition of the wearer, the longer the cloak. 
\nThey were so popular many birds faced extinction, as the demand for
\ntheir highly colored feathers was intense. 
\nTheir method of construction was a ground of netting into which groups
\nof banded feathers were attached with separate bindings.  The rows of feathers overlapped , sometimes
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\nNew Zealand is the last of the Polynesian nations
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\nalso created these glorious textiles. 
\nThe Maori, however, initially prized another cloak more highly, and that
\nis the dog skin cloak.  These cloaks
\nwere much sought after by Europeans but by the mid 19thC were very rare.  Feathered cloaks, kahu huruhuru,  then became more popular among the Maori and
\nwere made from many different types of bird feathers, including native pigeon,
\npheasant, parrot and kiwi. These garments were made to
\ntribute the forest god, Tane.  The
\nmethod of construction differed from other islands. The feathers were an
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\nFeathers and Fibre: A Survey of Traditional and Contemporary Maori Craft, Mick Pendergrast, Penguin Books, Auckland, NZ, 1984 <\/div>\n
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\nTe Aho Tapu: The Sacred Thread, Traditional Maori Weaving, Mick Pendergrast, Reed Publishing, NZ, 1987<\/div>\n
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\nThere are many surviving cloaks in museum collections.  This past year, while visiting our New
\nZealand relatives, my husband and I visited a shop in Wellington, The Maori
\nArts Gallery, which featured many contemporary crafted New Zealand native
\narts.  Among the Jade and bone carvings,
\nflax garments and baskets were several feathered garments, skirts and jackets, photographs below.<\/div>\n
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\nBoatshed 2, Waterfront Walkway, Frank Kitts Park, Wellington, NZ<\/div>\n
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Feathered Cloaks of Polynesia Throughout the islands that are part of  Polynesia there are many commonalities, although each island (or island group) may differ somewhat in their customs.  One textile of remarkable beauty is the feathered cloak, but found only in Tahiti, Hawaii and New Zealand cultures.  In Hawaii, feathered cloaks denoted rank as the…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-435","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cinnamonstudio.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/435","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cinnamonstudio.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cinnamonstudio.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cinnamonstudio.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cinnamonstudio.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=435"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/cinnamonstudio.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/435\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cinnamonstudio.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=435"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cinnamonstudio.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=435"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cinnamonstudio.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=435"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}