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Ku’u Hae Aloha (My Beloved Flag)

This Hawaiian quilt has four Hawaiian national flags located around the edge with the Hawaiian coat of arms located in the center. It also has the Hawaiian phrase “Ku’u Hae Aloha” appliquéd over the coat of arms, meaning “my Beloved Flag”.

The…

Tags: 20th century, Culture, Flag, Hawai'i, Hawaii, Hawaiian Independence, Indigenous, Indigenous customs, Indigenous Peoples, Ku’u Hae Aloha, Material Culture, Material Object, National Identity, Nationalism, Quilt, Textiles, Traditions

Kamehameha I portrait

This source is a portrait of king Kamehameha the Great who reigned Hawaii from 1782 to 1819. By 1810 Kamehameha was the first king to rule all the Hawaiian islands and unite the archipelago. Kamehameha upheld religion and tradition with the threat…

Tags: 19th century, Art, Government, Hawai'i, Hawaii, Hawaiian Archipelago, Kamehameha I, Kamehameha the Great, mamalahoe kanawai, Monarchy, Painting, Portrait, Religion, Traditions, Western influence

Thomas A. Edison’s “Hawaiian Islands” The Surf Scenes shot in 1906

While the title suggests that Thomas Edison filmed this video it was actually taken by Robert Bonnie. It shows people surfing in Hawaii, however because the source is so old, it is hard to make out in some places, so it looks like there is both…

Tags: 20th century, Americanisation, Beach, Culture, Hawai'i, Hawaii, Indigenous, Indigenous customs, Outrigger Canoe Club, Recording, Resistance, Sport, Surfboard, Surfing, Traditions, Video, Videography

The Hawaiian Star, ‘Divided Skirts’

This small section of the newspaper talks about tourist’s reactions to seeing Hawaiian women ride astride on horses rather than how European women typically rode side-saddle. Seeing this was particularly shocking for Western women as it had been more…

Tags: 19th century, Astride, Clothes, Clothing, Custom, Feminine, Hawai’i, Hawaii, Hawaiian Star, Horse Riding, Indigenous, Indigenous Women, Masculine, Newspaper, Riding, Side-saddle, Traditional Dress, Traditions, Women

Surfboard/ Papa Hee Nalu

The object in question here is what people stereotypically associate Hawaiians with, the surfboard. The surfboard is a cultural and religious manifestation of indigenous Hawaiian people’s exceptional skills in water transport and leisure. However,…

Tags: 19th century, Christianity, Cultural Appropriation, Culture, Hawai’i, Hawaii, Indigenous, Indigenous Peoples, Material Culture, Material Object, Monarchy, Papa Hee Nalu, Religion, Sport, Surfboard, Surfing, Traditions, Transport

Pan American ‘California Clipper’ passengers on inaugural flight

This is a black and white photograph, 1371 by 1183 in size, taken in 1939. Taken by the Pan-Pacific Press Bureau, the photograph shows passengers of the Pan American ‘California Clipper’ after their arrival in Honolulu. Pan America Airlines was the…

Tags: 20th century, Air travel, airline, Americanisation, California Clipper, Cultural Assimilation, Hawai'i, Hawaii, Honolulu, Indigenous Peoples, Lei, Pan American World Airlines, Tourism, Tourists, Traditions, Transport, Transport Development, Transportation, Travel

Totem Pole - 16.1/438 A

It is totem pole from the Nuxalk Nation of indigenous people, in British Columbia. It is made of carved red cedar wood and an unspecified paint. Its dimensions are 128cm in length, 188cm in width and 356cm in height. The totem itself has two faces…

Tags: 20th century, British Columbia, Culture, Indigenous Peoples, Material Culture, Material Object, Museum Age, Museum Scramble, Nuxalk Nation, ritualism, Totem Pole, Traditions, Wood Carving

Surf Board Rider

The image shows a Hawaiian surfer on the beach, in traditional clothing known as loin cloth. This clearly shows that much of the Hawaiian culture is still present and significant in some natives regardless of the influence of missionaries.…

Tags: 19th century, Beach, Hawai'i, Hawaii, Indigenous Peoples, Leisure, Missionaries, Photograph, Sport, Surfing, Traditional Dress, Traditions

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