Hawaiian Feather Work of the Polynesian natives of the Hawaiian Islands. Memoirs of the Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum.
The lady Franklin Cape. Hawaiian Feather Cape. Feather Art.
Tag: Crafts
Japan. Ornamental arts. Rich Fabrics for obi or girdle. 19th c.
The fabrics here illustrated show two styles of artistic treatment.
Glass painting in grisaille technique in the Middle Ages.
Glass painting of church windows with grisaille window roses. Painting on glass attained its highest excellence in the thirteenth century.
Oriental Rug of the second or third quarter of the sixteenth century.
Oriental Rug probably from northern Persia. The arrangement of the arabesques in the main field is one of the most ingenious in Persian rugs.
Mexican feather head-dresses and the mode of wearing them.
Illustrations of ancient Mexican feather head-dresses and of the mode of wearing them taken from native Manuscripts.
The Ahuula, a Hawaiian feather cloak. The Steen Bille Cape.
The ʻahuʻula is a feather coat reserved for the elite of the Hawaiian archipelago. It was traditionally worn with the mahiole, a feathered cap.
Antique Peasant Jewellery from Jaipur, Rajasthan.
Antique Jewellery from the Jaipur Museum in Rajasthan. Charms, Necklace, Anklet worn by Young Children, Girls, Women and Men. Foot Ornament worn by Women from Gujarat.
Indian Elephant Trapping produced at Murshidabad, India.
The beautiful elephant howdah, presented by His Highness the Nawab Nazim of Murshidabad to her Majesty the Queen of England.
Japan shippō-yaki design. Cloisonné enamel.
Japan shippō-yaki design. Three segments of a circular border. Cloisonné enamel.
Metallic Art. Weapons and armament from India, 17th c.
Mughal Empire. Indian Helmet, shield and swords.