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▲ 10 r/AskHistorians

Hawaiian featherwork is extremely unique and it's motifs are mysterious. Is there information about motifs from other polynesian nations that could reveal what the motifs on Hawaiian featherwork represents?

It is generally considered unknown. each cape has a unique set of motifs that are supposed to tell you about a person or their family or rank. the capes and designs are unique to Hawai'i but the motifs I have seen in other places, I just don't understand the concrete information regarding symbolism. does anyone have any background information about polynesian motifs?

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u/Poiboykanaka808 — 11 hours ago
▲ 86 r/Hawaii

What happened to the feather capes that were created for the funerals of Lili'uokalani and Kuhio?

No matter where I look I cannot find info about what occurred of them afterwards

u/Poiboykanaka808 — 7 days ago
▲ 24 r/HolyShitHistory

As the leading anthropologist in Hawai'i, Peter buck explored the island of Maui where he reported coming across a cave with hundreds of bones and artifacts. This Cave has been known as the Kings crypts, housing royalty from Maui, O'ahu and Hawai'i island. The Specific location is unknown

u/Poiboykanaka808 — 8 days ago
▲ 12 r/geography

Nihoku is a crater on Kaua'i Hawai'i with a wind called 'o aopo'omuku, the cloud who's head splits. This refers to the fact that when rain clouds come towards the direction of the crater, they actually split! This observation reflects geological taxonomy found in Hawaiian place names

u/Poiboykanaka808 — 8 days ago
▲ 29 r/AgeofExploration

Anyone else realize that the first thing Captain cook saw of Hawai'i island was snow?

I have been reading Kamakau's writings about Captain cook and comparing it to his papers and I realized some cool stuff. when he passed O'ahu on his way to Kaua'i it would have been sort of arid. in his illustrations of kaua'i, specifically waimea, it is similar to how it is today- dry. ofcourse during that day there was also a swamp in kekaha. before seeing that, he would have seen the lushness of the other side of Kaua'i. then he leaves for Maui....huge mountain slopes and deep cliffs. he looks at haleakala, then pass haleakala. the first thing he see's of Hawai'i island? two huge snow capped mountains. apparently members of captain cooks crew wanted to go to the mountains too.

while shocking because Hawai'i is in a tropical region, Captain cook new topography and geology, so while "surprising", in reality it wasn't too surprising. just unique regarding geographical location.

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u/Poiboykanaka808 — 9 days ago
▲ 39 r/geography

half the globe was taken over by navigators. The people of the pacific deserve more credit then they get.

u/Poiboykanaka808 — 10 days ago
▲ 18 r/instagramAsk+1 crossposts

Account got "banned" cause of the AI almost a year ago but I've still retained access thru a big on browser. I want my account back FULLY

u/Poiboykanaka808 — 16 hours ago
▲ 87 r/Hawaii

I have been reading Kamakau's writings about Captain cook and comparing it to his papers and I realized some cool stuff. when he passed O'ahu on his way to Kaua'i it would have been sort of arid. in his illustrations of kaua'i, specifically waimea, it is similar to how it is today- dry. ofcourse during that day there was also a swamp in kekaha. before seeing that, he would have seen the lushness of the other side of Kaua'i. then he leaves for Maui....huge mountain slopes and deep cliffs. he looks at haleakala, then pass haleakala. the first thing he see's of Hawai'i island? two huge snow capped mountains. apparently members of captain cooks crew wanted to go to the mountains too.

while shocking because Hawai'i is in a tropical region, Captain cook new topography and geology, so while "surprising", in reality it wasn't too surprising. just unique regarding geographical location.

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u/Poiboykanaka808 — 16 days ago
▲ 246 r/history

Looking deeper into the quilt of Queen Lili'uokalani and the stories it holds, 132 years after the overthrow of the Hawaiian Kingdom.

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u/Poiboykanaka808 — 17 days ago