Gods [AND GODDESSES] suitable for carving. (Can’t tell my Lono from my Ku) - General Tiki

J jtiki Member Joined: May 06, 2002 Posts: 111	J jtiki Posted posted on Tue, Jan 21, 2003 12:23 PM TOO FUNNY 7Tikis. Okay, the Smithsonian Curator I've been quizzing in an ADRIENNE L. KAEPPLER. So I just put his name and a few other buzz words into Google and stumble on this page, an article on the depiction of The Devine in various cultures, that had this to say about the "tall hat." As further evidence of power, superiority and authority we see the crest which extends up to cover the head which is the seat of mana and is the most sacred part of the body. The crest does not symbolize a cock's comb but according to a lecture given by Dr. Adrienne Kaeppler last April at the Bishop Museum, the notches became an extension of the backbone symbolizing genealogy, with each notch representing a generation.(1) Thus genealogy protects the head by giving evidence of superior, illustrious ancestors to augment other evidences of superiority already mentioned. The funny part is that the foot note goes back to MY CURATOR, and YOUR ARTICLE, "Eleven Gods Assembled." Perhaps the museum could find it if you asked for "Special Publication No. 21." 1Ed. Note. While no records at the Bishop Museum in Honolulu note the exact date of Kaeppler's lecture in early April, 1979, the lecture itself, entitled, "Eleven Gods Assembled," later appeared as Eleven Gods Assembled: An Exhibition of Hawaiian Wooden Images, April 6-June 10, 1979 (1979) as Special Publication No. 21 of the Bishop Museum. OKAY, SO IT AIN'T THAT FUNNY, But my parents were librarians and maybe I enjoy these types of coincidences too much. [ Edited by: jtiki on 2003-01-21 12:25 ]

TOO FUNNY 7Tikis.

Okay, the Smithsonian Curator I've been quizzing in an ADRIENNE L. KAEPPLER. So I just put his name and a few other buzz words into Google and stumble on this page, an article on the depiction of The Devine in various cultures, that had this to say about the "tall hat."

As further evidence of power, superiority and authority we see the crest which extends up to cover the head which is the seat of mana and is the most sacred part of the body. The crest does not symbolize a cock's comb but according to a lecture given by Dr. Adrienne Kaeppler last April at the Bishop Museum, the notches became an extension of the backbone symbolizing genealogy, with each notch representing a generation.(1) Thus genealogy protects the head by giving evidence of superior, illustrious ancestors to augment other evidences of superiority already mentioned.

The funny part is that the foot note goes back to MY CURATOR, and YOUR ARTICLE, "Eleven Gods Assembled." Perhaps the museum could find it if you asked for "Special Publication No. 21."

1Ed. Note. While no records at the Bishop Museum in Honolulu note the exact date of Kaeppler's lecture in early April, 1979, the lecture itself, entitled, "Eleven Gods Assembled," later appeared as Eleven Gods Assembled: An Exhibition of Hawaiian Wooden Images, April 6-June 10, 1979 (1979) as Special Publication No. 21 of the Bishop Museum.

OKAY, SO IT AIN'T THAT FUNNY, But my parents were librarians and maybe I enjoy these types of coincidences too much.

[ Edited by: jtiki on 2003-01-21 12:25 ]

Post #20451 by jtiki on Tue, Jan 21, 2003 12:23 PM