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Chief of War Costume Analysis Part II: Kahekili
#appletv #chiefofwar #kahekili #temueramorrison #ahuula #kakau #hawaiianclothing #maui #fanart #costumedesign #sketching #sketch #doodle #blueskyart #blueskyartist #art #bemoaba
September 13, 2025 at 12:44 AM
mdstamper.bsky.social
"Nāhiʻenaʻena" (Sister of Kamehameha III) by Robert Dampier (British) - Oil on canvas / 1825 - Honolulu Museum of Art (Hawaii) #WomenInArt #RobertDampier #Dampier #HonoluluMuseumofArt #art #BlueskyArt #HawaiianRoyalty #KānakaMaoli #BritishArtist #BritishArt #HawaiianArt #PortraitofaGirl #artText
The sitter is Harrieta Keōpūolani Nāhiʻenaʻena, an aliʻi of the House of Kamehameha and the sister of Kamehameha III (Kauikeaouli). Painted in 1825 by British artist Robert Dampier, the portrait balances Western oil-portrait conventions (modeled face, atmospheric distance, framed “view”) with Hawaiian symbols of sovereignty. The ʻahuʻula and kāhili are not decorative props. Instead, they are declarations of genealogy and chiefly authority, and place her within sacred protocol. She is a young Kānaka Maoli (Native Hawaiian) girl standing, facing left while meeting us with a steady, composed gaze. Her skin is warm medium-brown and her features are softly modeled, with dark eyes and closed lips. Her hair is dark and thick, gathered high with a narrow red band and falling in loose curls. She wears an ʻahuʻula (feather cape) in vivid blocks of red and golden yellow, arranged in angular shapes and edged with a deep black border. In both hands she holds a kāhili, the royal standard (a slender staff angled upward, topped with a full plume of pale, tawny feathers that flare like a soft fan). Behind her, the right side of the canvas is dense with shadowed greenery. To the left, the landscape opens to a low coastal plain with scattered palms, small thatched structures, and a wide band of ocean under a gray-blue sky streaked with faint pink clouds. The contrast of bright regalia against a subdued horizon keeps attention on her presence: a girl presented with the dignity and visual language of chiefly rank. Her direct, unsentimental gaze can feel quietly resistant because she is rendered for non-Hawaiian viewers, yet the featherwork insists on an Indigenous center of power. Seen against the coastal horizon with land, sea, and arriving ships, she becomes a reminder that the kingdom’s future was being negotiated in real time. Youth and rule coexist in this portrait via a girl holding the emblems of state as both an individual and a living continuation of her people.
January 13, 2026 at 5:37 PM
blue-fire1.bsky.social
www.tiktok.com/t/ZTjFnY2kA/
Mahalo nui e Kumu Rick no kēia manawa kūpono #hawaiitiktok #oahuhawaii #fyp #pualiahu #ahuula #hananoeau
TikTok video by Kanoelani Ellis
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April 19, 2025 at 3:34 AM
judet.bsky.social
We're gonna need a ruling from @merriam-webster.com on these.
Words with UU
Words Containing UU: ahuula, ahuulas, ambiguus, Anschauung, Anschauungen, Carduus, commiscuum, commiscuums, continuum, continuums, duumvir, duumvirate
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June 4, 2025 at 2:01 PM
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US Sen. Brian Schatz (D-Hawai‘i), vice chairman of the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs, celebrated the return to Hawaiʻi of a sacred ‘ahu‘ula (feathered cape), worn by Chief Keaoua Kekuaokalani in the Battle of Kuamoʻo in 1819. 

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Schatz applauds return of sacred cultural item to Hawaiʻi
US Sen. Brian Schatz (D-Hawai‘i), vice chairman of the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs, celebrated the return to Hawaiʻi of a sacred ‘ahu‘ula (feathered cape), worn by Chief Keaoua Kekuaokalani in the Battle of Kuamoʻo in 1819. 
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May 6, 2025 at 1:00 AM
maacambridge.bsky.social
Discover why Noelle Kahanu wanted to include two ʻahuʻula in #MAAFaultLines and her reflections on the care of ancestral collections in the first of a series of blog posts by the curatorial collective behind this exciting exhibition: www.indigen.eu/blog/conversations-fault-lines-kahanu
A contemporary sculpture featuring a rectangular-shaped split slab of stone which is held together by two carved wooden figures. On the wall behind the sculpture is text which includes the exhibition's title 'Fault Lines: Imagining Indigenous Futures for Colonial Collections'.
September 23, 2025 at 11:03 AM
scales20.bsky.social
Kānaka Maoli keeping their identity during occupation.
www.bishopmuseum.org/kualanakila/
Kū a Lanakila! - Bishop Museum
From October 5, 2024, to August 10, 2025, explore Bishop Museum’s latest exhibition in the J. M. Long Gallery, Kū a Lanakila! Expressions of Sovereignty in Early-Territorial Hawaiʻi, 1900-1920. This exhibition delves into the ways Kānaka ʻŌiwi (Native Hawaiian people) asserted their presence and sovereignty during Hawaiʻi’s early territorial period through cultural and political expressions. Featuring a stunning array of artifacts, including ʻahuʻula (capes), lei hulu, banners, and political ephemera, the exhibit highlights how Native Hawaiians engaged in public ceremony, competitive sports, and political activism to maintain their identity and agency in a time of profound change.
www.bishopmuseum.org
April 16, 2025 at 3:47 PM
jenniferauh.bsky.social
in 1896 72 years after ahuula left Hawaii this article was published in ke aloha Aina the headline proheised the #hawaiian language will be forgotten after the illegal overt the #hawaiianmonarchy the Asomaning Rudolph government banned the instruction use of Hawaiian in public the
in 1896 72 years after ahuula left Hawaii this article was published in ke aloha Aina the headline proheised the #hawaiian language will be forgotten after the illegal overt the #hawaiianmonarchy the Asomaning Rudolph government banned the instruction use of Hawaiian in public the private schools this law was not repealed until 1986 but today olelo hawaii taught across Hawaii and beyond
January 9, 2026 at 5:33 PM
ginsburglights.bsky.social
Date: 6/11/2026
Event: King Kamehameha Day (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/King_Kamehameha_Day)
Description: Honoring King Kamehameha I, who unified the Hawaiian Islands by 1810. The royal red and feather-gold of his ʻahuʻula cloak, with three islands' lei flowers strung between.
June 11, 2026 at 7:08 PM
papriqa.bsky.social
what other word in the English language has the double u.
ok i googled it these are not real words btw www.merriam-webster.com/wordfinder/c...
Words with UU
Words Containing UU: ahuula, ahuulas, ambiguus, Anschauung, Anschauungen, Carduus, commiscuum, commiscuums, continuum, continuums, duumvir, duumvirate
www.merriam-webster.com
April 28, 2026 at 2:52 PM
samohugon.bsky.social
I enjoy using Adobe Illustrator to elaborate on inspiring works depicting Hawaiian culture, such as Herb Kawainui Kāne' sketch of a Hawaiian aliʻi. My vector image allows for switch outs of mahiole types & ʻahuʻula, so the images show the same figure with different adornment.
January 28, 2025 at 12:27 AM