{"id":52853,"date":"2022-08-30T08:32:43","date_gmt":"2022-08-30T06:32:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.humboldtforum.org\/goettlichkeit-in-polynesien\/"},"modified":"2022-09-13T16:55:50","modified_gmt":"2022-09-13T14:55:50","slug":"divinity-in-polynesia","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.humboldtforum.org\/en\/divinity-in-polynesia\/","title":{"rendered":"Divinity in Polynesia"},"content":{"rendered":"<section class=\"block block-header-headline\" >\n    <div class=\"container-fluid\">\n        <div class=\"row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-xs-12 col-md-offset-2 col-md-8\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"box\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"subline\">A Feather Cloak for Friedrich Wilhelm III<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\n                            <div class=\"col-xs-12 col-md-offset-2 col-md-8\">\n                    <div class=\"box\">\n                        <h1>Divinity in Polynesia<\/h1>\n                    <\/div>\n                <\/div>\n                    <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n\n<section class=\"block block-header\" >\n\t<block-header inline-template>\n\t\t<figure role=\"group\" aria-labelledby=\"desc_m_69ee9f6fe61a1\">\n\n\t\t\t<script type=\"application\/json\" ref=\"data\">\n\t\t\t\t{\n\t\t\t\t\"sizes_d\" : {\"medium\":{\"file\":\"SHF_eb00128406_Ethnologisches-Museum-300x193.jpg\",\"width\":300,\"height\":193,\"mime-type\":\"image\\\/jpeg\",\"filesize\":14109},\"large\":{\"file\":\"SHF_eb00128406_Ethnologisches-Museum-1024x659.jpg\",\"width\":1024,\"height\":659,\"mime-type\":\"image\\\/jpeg\",\"filesize\":91579},\"thumbnail\":{\"file\":\"SHF_eb00128406_Ethnologisches-Museum-150x150.jpg\",\"width\":150,\"height\":150,\"mime-type\":\"image\\\/jpeg\",\"filesize\":6735},\"medium_large\":{\"file\":\"SHF_eb00128406_Ethnologisches-Museum-768x494.jpg\",\"width\":768,\"height\":494,\"mime-type\":\"image\\\/jpeg\",\"filesize\":59772},\"small\":{\"file\":\"SHF_eb00128406_Ethnologisches-Museum-440x283.jpg\",\"width\":440,\"height\":283,\"mime-type\":\"image\\\/jpeg\",\"filesize\":25311},\"semi\":{\"file\":\"SHF_eb00128406_Ethnologisches-Museum-580x373.jpg\",\"width\":580,\"height\":373,\"mime-type\":\"image\\\/jpeg\",\"filesize\":39286},\"mobile\":{\"file\":\"SHF_eb00128406_Ethnologisches-Museum-720x464.jpg\",\"width\":720,\"height\":464,\"mime-type\":\"image\\\/jpeg\",\"filesize\":53658},\"original\":{\"file\":\"SHF_eb00128406_Ethnologisches-Museum.jpg\",\"width\":1280,\"height\":824}},\n\t\t\t\t\"alt_d\" : \"Museum exhibition with display cases showcasing various artworks and artifacts; visitors interact with the exhibits.\",\n\t\t\t\t\"path_d\" : \"\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2022\\\/08\\\/\",\n\t\t\t\t\"autoplay_d\" : null,\n\t\t\t\t\"crop_d\" : null,\n\t\t\t\t\"background_d\" : true,\n\t\t\t\t\"scale_d\" : 1,\n\n\t\t\t\t\"sizes_m\" : [],\n\t\t\t\t\"alt_m\" : null,\n\t\t\t\t\"path_m\" : null,\n\t\t\t\t\"autoplay_m\" : null,\n\t\t\t\t\"crop_m\" : null,\n\t\t\t\t\"background_m\" : true,\n\t\t\t\t\"scale_m\" : 1,\n\n\t\t\t\t\"has_mobile_format\" : false,\n\t\t\t\t\"has_ad\" : false,\n\t\t\t\t\"audio_description_yt\" : null\t\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t<\/script>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"height-container\" style=\"padding-bottom:64.375%;\" v-if=\"sizes\" data-motion-parallax='{\"child\":\".image-wrapper\",\"mask\":\".lazy-media\",\"tween\":{\"yPercent\": [-15,15]}}'>\n\t\t\t\t<lazy-media :inline=\"true\" :scale=\"scale\" :alt=\"alt\" :sizes=\"sizes\" :brightness=\"brightness\" :path=\"path\" :video=\"video\" :autoplay=\"autoplay\" :youtube=\"youtube\" :crop=\"crop\" :youtubelabel=\"youtubelabel\" :background=\"background\" media-id=\"desc_m_69ee9f6fe61a1\"><\/lazy-media>\n\t\t\t\t<button class=\"autoplay-audio-description-btn icon-background icon-audio-describtions\" @click=\"audioDescriptionPlay\" v-if=\"hasAudioDescription\" aria-label=\"Audiodeskription aufrufen\"><\/button>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"lazy-media-info-container-fluid\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"lazy-media-info-row end-xs\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"lazy-media-info-col\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"lazy-media-info\" aria-expanded=\"false\" :aria-expanded=\"isOpen ? 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Ritual und Ausdruck\u0093 des Ethnologischen Museums im Humboldt Forum <\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"lazy-media-info-head-border\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t<\/block-header>\n<\/section>\n\n<section class=\"block block-copy\" >\n    <div class=\"container-fluid\">\n\t\t<div class=\"row \">\n            <div class=\"col-xs-12 col-md-offset-2 col-md-8\">\n                <div class=\"box\">\n                    <div class=\"copy\"><p>The \u2018Divinity in Polynesia\u2019 display tells of relationships between objects, people and deities, of the life-giving and life-taking power \u2018mana\u2019 and of the sacred status known as \u2018tapu\u2019: Until the 19th century, Polynesian societies were strictly hierarchical. At the top, the rulers came from the hereditary nobility.<\/p>\n<p>The ruling men and women were regarded as having divine origins: through them, the gods and divine ancestors could make contact with the people. They guaranteed and watched over the health, success and prosperity of the people, and were honoured and appeased with offerings, ceremonies and tributes.<\/p>\n<p>At the centre of these relationships between rulers and gods stood some particularly impressive objects, one of which can now be admired at the Humboldt Forum: a feather cloak from Hawai\u2019i. Feather cloaks (\u2018ahu \u2018ula) are among the most fascinating items from Hawai\u2019i. The feathers were prepared by the women, and the men then attached thousands of feathers to a kind of fishing net to create these unique garments. The cloaks were a symbol of the rulers\u2019 power and divinity, and would usually be worn by high-ranking persons on ceremonial occasions. Together with a headpiece, they protected the most sacred parts of the ruler\u2019s body: the head and the spine. The cloaks were extremely rare items, inherited by high-ranking people.<\/p>\n<p>Until the 19th century, feather cloaks were also exchanged in Hawai\u2019i to establish important relationships, or to honour a particular person. Honolulu was a centre for German trade, serving as a stopping point for Prussian merchant ships on their way to East Asia. This cloak, which was said to have been worn by King Kamehameha I (reign 1795\u20131819) was gifted by his son, King Kamehameha III (reign 1824\u20131854) in 1828 to King Friedrich Wilhelm III of Prussia. He gave the cloak to Wilhelm Oswald on board the Prussian merchant ship Princess Louise, to be taken to Berlin to be presented, along with other objects, to Friedrich Wilhelm III. 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