Two Hawaiian Dancers and Their Daughters

Authors

  • Adrienne L. Kaeppler National Museum of Natural History of the Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C.

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.15286/jps.124.2.189-207

Keywords:

Hawaiian dance, hula, biography Mary Kawena Pukui, biography Kaua'i Zuttermeister, Bishop Museum, Second World War.

Abstract

Two Hawaiian women, born around the turn of the 19th century into the 20th, became students, performers and finally acknowledged repositories of hula and its associated knowledge. They passed on their expertise and knowledge in many ways to many others, and especially to one daughter each, who has passed it on yet again. This narrative of aspects of these women’s lives focusses on their learning and teaching, and contributes to a deeper understanding of the hula tradition in Hawai‘i and the significant role of women in maintaining and enhancing it.

Author Biography

Adrienne L. Kaeppler, National Museum of Natural History of the Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C.

Adrienne L. Kaeppler is Curator of Oceanic Ethnology at the National Museum of Natural History of the Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C. She has carried out extended fieldwork in Oceania and extensive research in museums, especially on collections from the voyages of Captain Cook. She has published widely on museum collections and on the visual and performing arts of Oceania. Her research focusses on the interrelationships between social structure and the arts, especially dance, music and the visual arts. In the July 2015 Tongan Coronation Honours, Adrienne was invested as a “Commander of the Tongan Royal Household Orderâ€

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Published

2015-08-23

Issue

Vol. 124 No. 2 (2015)

Section

Articles

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