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A Study of Tongan panpipes with a speculative interpretationarticle 1974 • Kaeppler, Adrienne Lois
Tongans • Oceania > Polynesia
This source examines the Tongan panpipe, which was used in Tonga for only a limited period of time, apparently from late prehistory into the eighteenth century. The panpipe is probably a Fijian import and Kaeppler speculates that it may have become p...Rank in Tongaarticle 1971 • Kaeppler, Adrienne Lois
Tongans • Oceania > Polynesia
This article deals with the complex system of rank operative in Tonga. The author distinguishes between the ranking system within the KāINGA (kindred) and the society-wide ranking system of the HA'A (lineages). She delineats the principles by which p...Folklore as expressed in the dance in Tongaarticle 1967 • Kaeppler, Adrienne Lois
Tongans • Oceania > Polynesia
Kaeppler's article deals with the form and meaning of the LAKALAKA, a Tongan artistic performance that combines dance and poetry. The author states that Tongan poetry is replete with allusions, symbolism, and metaphors. To demonstrate her point she p...Pottery sherds from Tungua, Ha'apaiarticle 1973 • Kaeppler, Adrienne Lois
Tongans • Oceania > Polynesia
This is a description of a collection of 151 pottery sherds surface collected on a small Tongan island, and some speculation on the role of pottery in Tongan society. Kaeppler feels that its limited distribution is a reflection of its exclusive use b...Eighteenth century Tongaarticle 1971 • Kaeppler, Adrienne Lois
Tongans • Oceania > Polynesia
This article represents a fresh approach to the study of Tongan material culture through the comparison of artifacts brought back by the Cook expeditions and now located in various museum and private collections with a description of their use as des...Method and theory in analyzing dance structure with an analysis of Tongan dancearticle 1972 • Kaeppler, Adrienne Lois
Tongans • Oceania > Polynesia
This is a sophisticated analysis of Tonga dance structure. The author has devised an ethno-scientific model and grammar of dance movement, akin to linguistic analysis, which identifies different units and levels....Poetics and politics of Tongan laments and eulogiesarticle 1993 • Kaeppler, Adrienne Lois
Tongans • Oceania > Polynesia
In this article, Kaeppler examines Tongans' emotion-laden laments and eulogies and their role in constructing cultural values and imposing social order. She gives examples of five laments, or TANGI, intoned at the funerals of high-ranking individuals...Hawaiian art and societyessay 1985 • Kaeppler, Adrienne Lois
Hawaiians • Oceania > Polynesia
Kaeppler examines changes in design of feathered cloaks ('AHU'ULA) worn by people of high rank and relates it to changing social relations in Hawaiian society. She identifies two transitional periods, at either end of Kamehameha I's reign. Cloaks wer...