Crafts, chiefs, and commoners: production and control in precontact Hawaii

Author:

Lass, Barbara

Title:

Crafts, chiefs, and commoners: production and control in precontact Hawaii

Periodical:

Archeological Papers of the American Anthropological Association

Year:

1998

Volume:

8

Pages:

19-30

Subject:

Craft specialization Craft production Adzes

Summary:

This document describes how and to what extent craft specialization was controlled and varied based on the nature of the good being produced and its importance to the chiefly elite. For example, feather workers were attached to chiefly households while canoe makers were more sponsored by the chiefs than were adze makers. However, all craft specialists believed that their occupations were divinely ascribed and this played a major role in the practice and sponsorship of Hawaiian religion as the goods that were produced for elite were used to further consolidate their power.

Label:

Archaeology

URL:

https://anthrosource.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1525/ap3a.1998.8.1.19

Date:

1998

Collection:

Periodicals