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Adrienne Kaeppler

Curator Emeritus (Ethnology of Oceania)
Department / Division
Anthropology
Education
  • M.A., University of Hawaii, Manoa
  • B.A., University of Hawaii, Manoa
  • Ph.D., University of Hawaii, Manoa
Research Interests

Dr. Adrienne Kaeppler with one of the famous pieces from the collection, A  Dance Paddle from Rapa Nui, Easter Island.

 

Dr. Adrienne L. Kaeppler is a research anthropologist and curator for the Pacific Islands in the Department of Anthropology at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of Natural History.  Although she originally studied English Literature and Music at the University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, and the Wisconsin Conservatory of Music, she decided to combine these interests with her love of museums and moved to Honolulu to obtain her degrees in Anthropology at the University of Hawai`i at Manoa. She has carried out extensive fieldwork in many Pacific Islands, especially Tonga, Hawai`i, and Rapa Nui, and is known for her work on materials collected on the voyages of Captain Cook (in museums around the world), and the United States Exploring Expedition (in the Smithsonian). She is interested in material culture and the intangible knowledge it holds, as well as the role of music, dance, poetry, and the visual arts in reflecting and  constructing social and cultural systems. She is working on several projects associated with barkcloth (textiles made from the inner bark of certain trees,) in museum collections and its present day resurgence as Pacific Art.

 

Publications
Book Chapter
  • Austen-Dennehy, Michele, Mason, Jean Chapman, and Kaeppler, Adrienne L. 2020. "Breadfruit Tapa: Not Always Second Best." In Material Approaches to Polynesian Barkcloth. Lennard, Frances and Mills, Andy, editors. 61–69. Leiden: Sidestone Press.
  • Kaeppler, Adrienne L. 2020. "The Berne Feather Cloak from Cook's Third Voyage." In Exotic Switzerland? Looking Outward in the Age of Enlightenment. Étienne, Noémie, Brizon, Claire, Lee, Chonja, and Wismer, Étienne, editors. 232–233. Zurich, Switzerland: Diaphanes.
  • Kaeppler, Adrienne L. 2020. "West Polynesian Dyes and Decorations." In Material Approaches to Polynesian Barkcloth. Lennard, Frances and Mills, Andy, editors. 145–155. Leiden: Sidestone Press.
  • Kaeppler, Adrienne L. 2020. "Living with Tapa and the Social Life of Ritual Objects." In Material Approaches to Polynesian Barkcloth. Lennard, Frances and Mills, Andy, editors. 133–140. Leiden: Sidestone Press.
  • Kaeppler, Adrienne L. 2020. "Barkcloth Collections in the Smithsonian Institution." In Material Approaches to Polynesian Barkcloth. Lennard, Frances and Mills, Andy, editors. 251–260. Leiden: Sidestone Press.
  • Kaeppler, Adrienne L. 2019. "Tongan Brass Bands: An Expanding Tradition." In Brass Bands in the Pacific issue of the World of Music, (New Series). Bendrups, Daniel, editor. 39–56. Berlin: Verlag fur Wissenschaft und Bildung. In The World of Music, (New Series) Vol. 8 (2), New Series, Vol. 8.
  • Kaeppler, Adrienne L. 2019. "Tabu and Mana and Their Interpretations From Cook and His Artists to the World." In Proceedings of the 34th World Congress of Art History. Dazhen, Shao, Di'an, Fan, and LaoZhu, T., editors. 881–889. Beijing, China: The Commercial Press.
  • Kaeppler, Adrienne L. 2019. "Notation, Texts, Translations and Interpretations." In Songs and Poems of Queen Salote. [updated reprint],. Wood-Ellem, Elizabeth, editor. 342–397. Nuku`alofa, Tonga: Vava`u Press.
  • Kaeppler, Adrienne L. 2019. "A Kato Mosi Kaka and other Treasures from Tonga from the US Exploring Expedition." In Collecting and Provenance: A Multi-Disciplinary Approach. Milosch, Jane and Pearce, Nick, editors. 257–268. Lanham: Rowman & Littlefield.
  • Kaeppler, Adrienne L. 2019. "Queen Salote’s Poetry as Works of Art, History, Politics, and Culture." In Songs and Poems of Queen Salote. [updated reprint],. Wood-Ellem, Elizabeth, editor. 26–65. Nuku`alofa: Vava`u Press.
  • Kaeppler, Adrienne L. 2017. "Tongan Dance. Concepts, Genres, and Movements." In World Music: A Global Journey. Miller, Terry, editor. 70–75. New York and London: Routledge: Taylor and Francis Group..
  • Kaeppler, Adrienne L. 2017. "Two Tongan Dance Forms in Modern Contexts." In Dance, Senses, Urban Contexts. 29th Symposium of the International Council for Traditional Music (ICTM) Study Group on Ethnochoreology. Stepputat, Kendra, editor. 165–172. Institute of Ethnomusicology, University of Music and Performing Arts.
  • Kaeppler, Adrienne L. 2017. "Introduction to the Smithsonian Barkcloth Project; and Tangible and Intangible Knowledge Embedded in Tahitian Ahu and Hawaiian Kapa." In Tapa: de l'écorce à l'étoffe, art millénaire d'Océanie : de l'Asie du Sud-Est à la Polynésie orientale = Tapa: from tree bark to cloth : an ancient art of Oceania : from Southeast Asia to Eastern Polynesia. Charleux, Michel, Neumann, Nicolas, Balmelle, Véronique, and Robert, Clarisse, editors. 414–421. Paris, France: Somogy Art Publishers Tahiti, [French Polynesia] Tapa Association.
  • Kaeppler, Adrienne L. 2017. "Tangible Objects, Intangible Knowledge. Barkcloth as Cultural Expression in Oceania." In TAPA: From Tree Bark to Cloth: An Ancient Art of Oceania. From Southeast Asia to Eastern Polynesia. Charleux, Michel, editor. 16–20. Somogy.
  • Kaeppler, Adrienne L. 2017. "Capturing Music and Dance in an Archive: A Meditation on Imprisonment." In A Distinctive Voice in the Antipodes. Essays in Honour of Stephen A. Wild. Gillespie, Kirsty, Treloyn, Sally, and Niles, Don, editors. 429–442. Australian National University.
  • Kaeppler, Adrienne L. 2017. "Tongan Dance: Poetry in Motion." In Asia Pacific Dance Festival. Beyond Borders. 21–25. Honolulu: University of Hawai`i, East West Center.
  • Kaeppler, Adrienne L. 2016. "Objectifying Pele as Performance, Material Culture, and Cultural Landscape." In Engaging Smithsonian Objects through Science, History, and the Arts. Arnoldi, Mary Jo, editor. 91–103. Washington, DC: Smithsonian Institution Scholarly Press.
  • Kaeppler, Adrienne L. 2016. "Rapa Nui Rising." In Sustaining Heritage & Creativity: Reflections on Forty Years of the Festival of Pacific Arts. Stevenson, Karen and Teaiwa, Katerina, editors. 165–181. Suva, Fiji: University of the South Pacific.
  • Kaeppler, Adrienne L. 2016. "Culture, Conservation and Creativity: Two Centuries of Polynesian Barkcloth." In Made in Oceania: Proceedings of the International Symposium on Social and Cultural Meanings and Presentation of Oceanic Tapa.. Peter Mesenthaler and Stauffer, Annemarie, editors. 2–14. Cambridge England:: Cambridge Scholars Publishing Ltd.
  • Kaeppler, Adrienne L. 2015. "Hawaiian Featherwork in the Age of Exploration." In Royal Hawaiian Featherwork, Na Hulu Ali`i. Caldiera, Leah, Hellmich, Christina, Kaeppler, Adrienne L., Kam, Betty Lou, and Rose, Roger , editors. 40–57. Honolulu: University of Hawai`i Press.
  • Kaeppler, Adrienne L. 2015. "`Ahu`ula in the shape of a trapezoid." In Royal Hawaiian Featherwork, Na Hulu Ali`i. Caldiera, Leah, Hellmich, Christina, Kaeppler, Adrienne L., Kam, Betty Lou, and Rose, Roger , editors. 38–39. Honolulu: University of Hawai`i Press.
  • Kaeppler, Adrienne L. 2015. "From the South Seas to the World (via London)." In Cook-Voyage Collections of "Artificial Curiosities" in Britain and Ireland, 1771-2015. Coote, Jeremy, editor. 256–298. Oxford, England: Museum Ethnographers Group. In Occasional Paper (No. 5).
  • Kaeppler, Adrienne L. 2015. "Gifting, Trading, Selling, Buying: Following Northwest Coast Treasures Acquired on Cook's Third Voyage to Collections Around the World." In Arctic Ambitions: Captain Cook and the Northwest Passage. Barnett, James K., Nicandri, David L., and Inglis, Robin, editors. 170–189. Seattle and London: University of Washington Press.
  • Austin-Dennehy, Michele and Kaeppler, Adrienne L. 2014. "Smithsonian Collections." In Curating Biocultural Collections. A Handbook. Salick, Jan, Konchar, Katie, and Nesbitt, Mark, editors. 22–25. London: Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Kaeppler, Adrienne L. 2014. "Recycling Tradition in the Arts of Polynesia." In Repositioning Pacific arts : artists, objects, histories : proceedings of the VII International Symposium of the Pacific Arts Association, Christchurch, New Zealand. Allen, Anne E. and Waite, Deborah B., editors. 5–16. Canon Pyon UK: Sean Kingston.
  • Kaeppler, Adrienne L. 2014. "Hawaiian Stone Pestles, Hawaiian Octopus Lure, Hawaiian Fishhook, Maori Canoe Prow, Micronesian Navigation Chart." In Tools. Extending Our Reach. McCarty, Cara and McQuaid, Matilda, editors. 26–28, 48, 52-53, 110, 150-151. New York: Cooper Hewitt.
  • Kaeppler, Adrienne L. 2014. "Eduard Arning: Ethnographic Photographer of Hawai`i." In A Glimpse into Paradise/Blick ins Paradies Historical Photographs of Polynesia.. Fuchs, Marisol, Grimme, Gesa, and Kokott, Jeanette, editors. 86–99. Hamburg: Museum für Völkerkunde.
  • Kaeppler, Adrienne L. 2014. "From Hawaiian temples and chiefly courts to festival stages in Japan." In Dance, Place, Festival: 27th Symposium of the International Council for Traditional Music (ICTM) Study Group on Ethnochoreology 2012. Fimom, Elsie Ivancich and Foley, Catherine E., editors. 90–93. Limerick, Ireland: The Irish World Academy of Music and Dance, University of Limerick.
  • Kaeppler, Adrienne L. 2013. "Chanting Grief, Dancing Memories: Objectifying Hawaiian Laments." In One Common Thread: The Musical World of Laments. Wild, Stephen, Roy, Di, Corn, Aaron, and Martin, Ruth Lee, editors. 71–81. Canberra: Australian National University, Humanities Research Centre. In Humanities Research Journal.
  • Kaeppler, Adrienne L. 2013. "New observations on Nukuoro wood sculptures: Lost, found, dormant and dubious." In Nukuoro Sculptures from Micronesia. Kaufmann, Christian and Wick, Oliver, editors. 152–165. Geneva: Beyeler Museum and Hirmer.
  • Kaeppler, Adrienne L. 2012. "Ritual, theatre, and spectacle: exploring the rituals of Saint George's Day." In From field to text & dance and space. Dunin, Elsie Ivancich, Giurchesca, Anca, and Konczei, Csilla, editors. 139–142. Cluj-Napoca, Romania: The Romanian Institute for Research on National Minorities.
  • Kaeppler, Adrienne L. 2012. "Dynamic Dialogues: Writing Dance as Tradition, Contemporanity, and Fusion." In Dancing Mosaic: Issues on Dance Hybridity. Nor, Anis, editor. 17–26. Kuala Lumpur: University of Malaysia.
  • Kaeppler, Adrienne L. 2012. "Playing with fire: contemporizing Pele, the volcano goddess." In Dance, Gender and Meanings and Contemporizing Traditional Dance.. Dunin, Elsie Ivancich, Stavelova, Daniela, Gremlicova, Dorota, and Vejvoda, Zdenek, editors. 132–138. Prague, Czech Republic: Institute of Ethnology of the Academy of Sciences.
  • Kaeppler, Adrienne L. 2012. "Una introducción a la estėtica de la danza." In Cuerpos En Movimiento.Antropologia de y desde las danzas. Citro, Silvia and Aschieri, Patricia, editors. 65–73. Buenos Aires: Editorial Biblos.
  • Kaeppler, Adrienne L. 2011. "The Hands and Arms tell the Story: Movement Through Time in Eighteenth-Century Dance Depictions from Polynesia." In Imaging Dance. Visual Representations of Dancers and Dancing. Sparti, Barbara, Van Zile, Judy, Dunin, Elsie I., Heller, Nancy G., and Kaeppler, Adrienne L., editors. 87–102. Hildesheim, Germany: Georg Olms Verlag.
  • Kaeppler, Adrienne L. 2011. "The Contributions of Tupou II to Tongan Art and Society." In Tonga -- Land, Sea and People. Steen, Tangikina Moimoi and Drescher, Nancy L., editors. 68–77. Nuku`alofa, Tonga: Tonga Research Association.
  • Kaeppler, Adrienne L. 2011. "Tau`a`alo: Paddling Songs as Cultural Metaphor." In Austronesian Soundscapes: Performing Arts in Oceania and Southeast Asia. Abels, Birgit, editor. 223–240. Amsterdam: Amsterdam University Press.
  • Kaeppler, Adrienne L. 2010. "An Introduction to the Dress of the Pacific Islands." In Encyclopedia of World Dress and Fashion. Eicher, Joanne B., Ross, Doran H., and Maynard, Margaret, editors. 367–374. New York: Oxford University Press. 7
  • Kaeppler, Adrienne L. 2009. "Lakalaka and Mak Yong: A Story of two Masterpieces (Keynote)." In Proceedings of the 25th Symposium of the ICTM Study Group on Ethnochoreology.. 1–7. Kuala Lumpur: University of Malaya.
  • Kaeppler, Adrienne L. 2009. "Object entries, numbering 115." In James Cook and the Exploration of the Pacific. 143–265. London: Thames and Hudson.
  • Kaeppler, Adrienne L. 2009. "Enlightened Encounters in the Unknown Pacific." In James Cook and the Exploration of the Pacific. 88–92. London: Thames and Hudson.
  • Kaeppler, Adrienne L. 2009. "Enlightened Ethnographic Collections." In James Cook and the Exploration of the Pacific. 55–60. London: Thames and Hudson.
  • Kaeppler, Adrienne L. 2009. "Preface, Captain Cook's Three Voyages of Enlightenment." In James Cook and the Exploration of the Pacific. 8, 18–23. London: Thames & Hudson.
  • Kaeppler, Adrienne L. 2009. "Two Unusual Wooden Figures from the Marquesas Islands." In Form, Macht, Differenz. Motive and Felder ethnologischen Forschens. Hermann, Elfriede, Klenke, Karin, and Dickhardt, Michael, editors. 141–148. Gottingen, Germany: Universitatsverlag Gottingen.
  • Kaeppler, Adrienne L. 2009. "El arte Rapa Nui en el contexto de Polinesia y Oceania [Rapa Nui art in its contexts of Polynesia and Oceania]." In Kuhane Rapa Nui en las Islas del Pacifico. 14–19. Santiago, Chile: Museo Nacional de Historia Natural.
  • Kaeppler, Adrienne L. 2009. ""To Attempt Some New Discoveries in that Vast Unknown Tract", Rediscovering the Forster collections from Cook's second Pacific voyage." In Discovering Cook's Collections. Hetherington, Michelle and Morphy, Howard, editors. 58–77. Canberra: National Museum of Australia.
  • Kaeppler, Adrienne L. 2008. "Dance." In The International Encyclopedia of Communication, Volume III.. 1165–1166. Oxford, UK and Malden, MA: Wiley-Blackwell.
  • Kaeppler, Adrienne L. 2008. "One Plus One Equals three [or More]: Dance Diversity as Intercultural Dialogues in the Pacific Islands." In Dance. Transcending Borders. Sarkar-Munsi, Urmimala, editor. 101–115. New Delhi: Tulika books.
  • Kaeppler, Adrienne L. 2008. "Preface and Hawaiian Ethnography and the Study of Hawaiian Collections." In Old Hawai`i: An Ethnography of Hawai`i in the 1880s Based on the Research and Collections of Eduard Arning in the Museum Für Volkerkunde, Berlin. Kaeppler, Adrienne L., Schindelbeck, M., and Speidel, G. E., editors. 32–42. Berlin: Ethnologisches Museum. Staatliche Museen zu Berlin.
  • Kaeppler, Adrienne L. 2007. "Method and Theory and Analyzing Dance Structure With an Analysis of Tongan Dance." In Dance Structures. Perspectives on the analysis of Human Movement. Kaeppler, Adrienne L. and Dunin, Elsie Ivanchich , editors. 53–102. Budapest: Akademiai Kaido. Hungarian Academy of Sciences.
  • Kaeppler, Adrienne L. 2007. "Heliaki, Metaphor, and Allusion: the art and aesthetics of Koe `Otua mo Tonga ko Hoku Tofi`a." In Tonga and the Tongans. Elizabeth, Wood, editor. 65–74. Tongan History Association.
  • Kaeppler, Adrienne L. 2007. "Ballet, Hula, and "Cats": Dance as a Discourse on Blobalization." In Dialogues in Dance Discourse: Creating Dance in Asia Pacific. Mohd Anis, Md Nor, editor. 1–14. University of Malaya.
  • Kaeppler, Adrienne L. 2007. "Me`a lalanga and the Category Koloa: Intertwinging Value and History in Tonga." In Vastly Ingenious. The Archaeology of Pacific Material Culture, in Honour of Janet M. Davidson. Atholl, Anderson, Kaye, Green, and Foss, Leach, editors. 145–154. Otago University Press.
  • Kaeppler, Adrienne L. 2006. "Life in the Pacific in the 1700s and Today." In Life in the Pacific in the 1700s. Stephen, Little, editor. 9–19. Honolulu Academy of Arts.
  • Kaeppler, Adrienne L. 2006. "The Pacific Islands." In Shifting Sands. Dance in Asia and the Pacific. Burridge, Stephanie, editor. 77–81. Ausdance.
  • Kaeppler, Adrienne L. 2006. "The Gottingen Collection: A Cook-Voyage Treasure." In Life in the Pacific in the 1700s. Stephen, Little, editor. 49–53. Honolulu Academy of Arts.
  • Kaeppler, Adrienne L. 2006. "La Dance Polynesienne, Dialogue Interculturel." In D`Un Regard L'Autre. Historie des regards europeens sur l'Afrique, L'Amerique et l'Oceanie. Yves, Le Fur, editor. 116–121. Musee Quai Branly.
  • Kaeppler, Adrienne L. 2006. "Dances and Dancing in Tonga. Anthropological and Historical Discourses." In Dancing from Past to Present. Nation, Culture, Identities. Theresa, Jill Buckland, editor. 25–51. University of Wisconsin Press.
  • Kaeppler, Adrienne L. 2006. "Tonga." In The Ethnomusicologists' Cookbook: Complete Meals from Around the World. Sean, Williams, editor. 216–219. Routledge.
  • Kaeppler, Adrienne L. 2005. "The Tongan Lakalaka as Sociopolitical Discourse." In Polynesian Paradox: Essays in Honour of Professor `I Futa Helu. Ian, Campbell and Eve, Coxon, editors. 154–167. Institute of Pacific Studies, University of the South Pacific.
  • Kaeppler, Adrienne L. 2005. "Methode et theorie pour l`analyse structurale de la danse avec une analyse de la danse des iles Tonga." In Anthropologie de la danse: Genese et construction d'une discipline. Kaeppler, Adrienne L., editor. 189–220. Centre National de la Danse.
  • Kaeppler, Adrienne L. 2005. "Dance, Dancing and Discourse." In Global & Local: Dance in Performance. Kaeppler, Adrienne L., editor. 293–302. Cultural Centre University of Malaya.
  • Kaeppler, Adrienne L. 2005. "Art and Aesthetics in Tonga (South Pacific): An Integral Association of Visual and Performing Arts." In Les Cultures a L`oeuvre, Rencontres en art. Coquet, Michele, Brigitte, Derlon, and Monique, Jeudy, editors. 249–302. Biro. Editions de la Maison des sciences de l`homme.
  • Kaeppler, Adrienne L. 2005. "An Introduction to Aesthetics." In Dance and Society: dancer as a cultural performer: re-appraising our past, moving into the future: 40th anniversay of Study Group on Ethnochoreology of International Council on Traditional Music. Elsie, Ivancich Dunin, nne von, Bibra Wharton, and Laszlo, Felfoldi, editors. 207–215. International Council for Traditional Music. Study Group on Ethnochoreology.
  • Kaeppler, Adrienne L. 2005. "Polynesian Religion: Mythic Themes." In Encyclopedia of Religion. 7312–7315.
  • Kaeppler, Adrienne L. 2004. "Ethnographic Results of Cook's Voyages." In The Captain Cook Encyclopaedia. 93–97.
  • Kaeppler, Adrienne L. 2004. "Queen Salote's Poetry as Works of Art, History, Politics, and Culture. [and] Notation, Texts, Translation, and Interpretation." In The Songs and Poems of Queen Salote. HRH, Princess Nasasipau, Taumoefolau, M., Wood-Ellem, E., and Kaeppler, Adrienne L., editors. 26–65. Vava`u Press.
  • Kaeppler, Adrienne L. 2004. "Tattooed Beauty: A Pacific Case Study." In Anthropology Explored. Selig, Ruth Osterweis, London, Marilyn R., and Kaupp, P. Ann, editors. 399–410. Smithsonian Institution.
  • Kaeppler, Adrienne L. 2003. "Metafora e messaggio nelle arti dello spettacolo (Asia, il Pacifico e Broadway)." In Enciclopedia della Musica. Volume Terzo Musico e Culture. 925–943.
  • Kaeppler, Adrienne L. 1999. "The Mystique of Fieldwork." In Dance in the Field: Theory, Methods and Issues in Dance Ethnography. Buckland, Theresa J., editor. 13–25. London: Macmillan.
  • Kaeppler, Adrienne L. 1998. "Tonga-Entry into Complex Hierarchies." In James Cook : gifts and treasures from the South Seas : The Cook/Forster Collection, Göttingen = Gaben und Schätze aus der Südsee : Die Göttinger Sammlung Cook/Forster. Hauser-Schäublin, Brigitta, Krüger, Gundolf, and Feest, Christian F., editors. 195–220. Munich ; New York: Prestel.
  • Kaeppler, Adrienne L. 1998. "The Göttingen Collection in an International Context." In James Cook : gifts and treasures from the South Seas : the Cook/Forster Collection, Göttingen = Gaben und Schätze aus der Südsee : Die Göttinger Sammlung Cook/Forster. Hauser-Schäublin, Brigitta, Krüger, Gundolf, and Feest, Christian F., editors. 86–93. Munich ; New York: Prestel.
  • Kaeppler, Adrienne L. 1998. "Airplanes and saxophones: post-war images in the visual and performing arts." In Echoes of Pacific war. Scarr, Deryck, Gunson, Niel, and Terrell, Jennifer, editors. 38–63. Canberra: Target Oceania.
  • Henderson, Amy E. and Kaeppler, Adrienne L. 1997. "Introduction." In Exhibiting dilemmas : issues of representation at the Smithsonian. 1–14. Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution Press.
  • Kaeppler, Adrienne L. 1997. "La vie sociale d'un masque des iles Mortlock. (The Social Life of a Mortlock Island Mask)." In La découverte du paradis : Océanie : curieux, navigateurs et savants.Association des conservateurs de la région Nord-Pas-de-Calais. 196–201. Paris: Association conservateurs des musées Nord-Pas-de-Calais.
  • Kaeppler, Adrienne L. 1997. "From the Temple to the Festival Stage: Pacific Festivals as Modern Rituals." In New dance from old cultures : Green Mill papers 1996. Hillis, Crusader and Dawkins, Urszula, editors. 15–20. Braddon, ACT: Published on behalf of Green Mill Dance Project by the Australian Dance Council (Ausdance).
  • Kaeppler, Adrienne L. 1997. "Reprint of Structured Movement Systems in Tonga, 1985." In Anthropology and human movement : the study of dances. Williams, Drid, editor. 88–122. Lanham, Md.: Scarecrow Press. In Readings in anthropology of human movement ;; no. 1; Variation: Readings in anthropology of human movement ;; no. 1..
  • Kaeppler, Adrienne L. 1996. "The investiture of 'Ulukalala': a moment in history." In Oceanic culture history : essays in honour of Roger Green. Davidson, Janet M. and Green, R. C., editors. 475–489. Dunedin North, New Zealand: New Zealand Journal of Archaeology.
  • Kaeppler, Adrienne L. 1996. "Dance." In Encyclopedia of cultural anthropology. Levinson, David and Ember, Melvin, editors. 309–313. New York: Henry Holt and Co. 1
  • Kaeppler, Adrienne L. 1996. "The investiture of 'Ulukalala': a moment in history." In Oceanic culture history : essays in honour of Roger Green. Davidson, Janet M. and Green, R. C., editors. 475–489. Dunedin North, New Zealand: New Zealand Journal of Archaeology.
  • Kaeppler, Adrienne L. 1995. "Visible and Invisible in Hawaiian Dance." In Human action signs in cultural context : the visible and the invisible in movement and dance. Farnell, Brenda M., editor. 31–43. Metuchen, N.J.: Scarecrow Press.
  • Kaeppler, Adrienne L. 1995. "The Paradise Theme in Modern Tongan Music." In The essence of singing and the substance of song : recent responses to the aboriginal performing arts and other essays in honour of Catherine Ellis. Ellis, Catherine J., Barwick, Linda, Marett, Allan, and Tunstill, Guy, editors. 159–183. Sydney: University of Sydney. In Oceania monograph.
  • Kaeppler, Adrienne L. 1995. "They Seldom Dance on Star Trek: A Cautionary Tale for the Study of Dance and Ritual." In Dance ritual and music: proceedings of the 18th Symposium of the Study Group on Ethnochoreology, the International Council for Traditional Music, August 9-18, 1994, in Skierniewice, Poland. Bielawski, Ludwik, editor. 105–110. Warsaw: Polish Sociey for Ethnochoreology : Institute of Art, Polish Academy of Sciences.
  • Kaeppler, Adrienne L. 1995. "Poetics and Politics of Tongan Barkcloth." In Pacific material culture : essays in honour of Dr.Simon Kooijman on the occasion of his 80th birthday. Smidt, Dirk, Keurs, Pieter, Trouwborst, Albert, van Wengen, G. D., and Kooijman, Simon, editors. 101–21. Leiden: Rijksmuseum voor Volkenkunde. In Mededelingen van het Rijksmuseum voor Volkenkunde, Leiden ;; no. 28; Variation: Mededelingen van het Rijksmuseum voor Volkenkunde, Leiden ;; no. 28..
  • Kaeppler, Adrienne L. 1994. "Dance and Dress as Sociopolitical Discourse." In Proceedings : dance and its socio-political aspects : dance and costume / International Council for Traditional Music. Study Group on Ethnochoreology. Symposium. 45–51. Nafplion: Peoponnesian Folklore Foundation.
  • Kaeppler, Adrienne L. 1994. "Theoretical and Methodological Considerations in the Study of Dance in Omani Folklore." In The complete documents of the International Symposium on the Traditional Music in Oman: October 6-16, 1985. 37–66. Wilhelmshaven: F. Noetzel, Heinrichshofen Books. In Publications of the Oman Centre for Traditional Music ;; v. 1-3; Variation: Matbu`at Markaz `Uman lil-Musiqá al-Taqlidiyah ;; 1-3..
  • Kaeppler, Adrienne L. 1994. "Die ethnographischen Sammlungen der Forsters aus dem Südpazifik: Klassische Empiric im Dienste der modernen Ethnologic." (The Forster Ethnographic Collections from the South Pacific: Science in the Service of Ethnography.)." In Georg Forster in interdisziplinärer Perspektive : Beiträge des Internationalen Georg Forster-Symposions in Kassel, 1.bis 4.April 1993. Klenke, Claus-Volker, Garber, Jörn, and Heintze, Dieter, editors. 59–75. Berlin: Akademie Verlag. In Kassler Semesterbücher. Studia Cassellana; Variation: Kassler Semesterbücher.; Studia Cassellana..
  • Kaeppler, Adrienne L. 1994. "Paradise Regained: The Role of Pacific Museums in Forging National Identity." In Museums and The Making of "Ourselves": The Role of Objects in National Identity. Kaplan, Flora, editor. 19–44. London: Leicester University Press.
  • Kaeppler, Adrienne L. 1993. "Wood Analysis and Historical Contexts of Collecting Hawaiian Wooden Images: A Preliminary Report." In Artistic Heritage in a Changing Pacific. Dark, Philip J. C. and Rose, Roger G., editors. 41–46. Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press.
  • Kaeppler, Adrienne L. 1993. "Pacific Festivals, Past, Present, and Future." In Visions of the Pacific. Arnell, David and Wolk, Lisette, editors. 130–131. Rarotonga, Cook Islands: Ministry of Cultural Development.
  • Kaeppler, Adrienne L. 1990. "The Production and Reproduction of Social and Cultural Values in the Compositions of Queen Salote of Tonga." In Music. Gender, and Culture. Herndon, Marcia and Ziegler, Susanne, editors. 191–219. Berlin: International Institute for Comparative Music Studies and Documentation.
  • Kaeppler, Adrienne L. 1990. "Hawaiian Art and the Communication of Social Values." In Art as a Means of Communication in Pre-Literate Societies. Eban, Dan, editor. 259–270. Jerusalem: The Israel Museum.
  • Kaeppler, Adrienne L. 1990. "Art and Aesthetics." In Developments in Polynesian Ethnology. Howard, Alan and Borofsky, Robert, editors. 211–240. Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press.
  • Kaeppler, Adrienne L. 1989. "Dance." In International Encyclopedia of Communications. 450–454. New York and Oxford: Oxford University Press.
  • Kaeppler, Adrienne L. 1989. "Museums of the World—Stages for the Study of Ethnohistory." In Museum Studies in Material Culture. Pearce, Susan M., editor. 83–96. Leicester, England: Leicester University Press.
  • Kaeppler, Adrienne L. 1988. "Four Entries (Hawaiian "Lei niho palaoa", Fijian "Kali", Marquesan "'U'u" and "Pu"." In African, Oceanic, and Indonesian Masterpieces in the Rotterdam Museum of Ethnology. Greub, Suzanne, editor. 114–121. Basel: Tribal Art Centre.
  • Kaeppler, Adrienne L. 1988. "Pacific Festivals and the Promotion of Identity, Politics, and Tourism." In Come Mek Me Hol' Yu Han': The Impact of Tourism on Traditional Music. Kaeppler, Adrienne L. and Lewin, Olive, editors. 121–138. Kingston, Jamaica: Jamaica Memory Bank.
  • Kaeppler, Adrienne L. 1988. "Introduction." In Come Mek Me Hol' Yu Han': The Impact of Tourism on Traditional Music. Kaeppler, Adrienne L. and Lewin, Olive, editors. xiii. Kingston, Jamaica: Jamaica Memory Bank.
  • Kaeppler, Adrienne L. 1988. "Hawaiian Tattoo: A Conjunction of Genealogy and Aesthetics." In Marks of Civilization. Rubin, Arnold, editor. 157–170. Los Angeles: Museum of Cultural History.
  • Kaeppler, Adrienne L. 1988. "Pacific Culture History and European Voyages." In Terra Australis: The Furthest Shore. Eisler, William and Smith, Bernard, editors. 141–146. Sydney: Art Gallery of New South Wales.
  • Kaeppler, Adrienne L. 1987. "Polynesian Religion: Mythic Themes." In The Encyclopedia of Religion. 432–435. New York: Macmillan.
  • Kaeppler, Adrienne L. 1987. "Spontaneous Choreography: Improvisation in Polynesian Dance." In Yearbook of the International Council for Traditional Music. 13–22.
  • Kaeppler, Adrienne L. 1987. "Pacific Festivals and Ethnic Identity." In Time Out of Time: Essays on the Festival. Falassi, Alessandro, editor. 162–170. Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press.
  • Kaeppler, Adrienne L. 1986. "Cultural Analysis, Linguistic Analogies, and the Study of Dance in Anthropological Perspective." In Explorations in Ethnomusicology: Essays in Honor of David P. McAllester. Frisbie, Charlotte J., editor. 25–33.
  • Kaeppler, Adrienne L. 1986. "Movement in the Performing Arts of the Pacific Islands." In Theatrical Movement: A Bibliographical Anthology. Fleshman, Bob, editor. 586–600. Scarecrow Press.
  • Kaeppler, Adrienne L. 1985. "Structured Movement Systems in Tonga." In Society and the Dance: The Social Anthropology of Performance and Process. Spencer, Paul, editor. 92–118. Cambridge University Press.
  • Kaeppler, Adrienne L. 1985. "Traditional Transmission and the Transmission of Tradition in Polynesian Dance." In Becoming Human Through Music: The Wesleyan Symposium on the Perspectives of Social Anthropology in the Teaching and Learning of Music. 29–42. Reston: Music Educators National Conference.
  • Kaeppler, Adrienne L. 1985. "Hawaiian Art and Society: Traditions and Transformations." In Transformations of Polynesian Culture. Hooper, Antony and Huntsman, Judith, editors. 105–131. Auckland. New Zealand: The Polynesian Society.
  • Kaeppler, Adrienne L. 1985. "Anthropology and the U. S. Exploring Expedition." In Magnificent Voyagers, The U. S. Exploring Expedition, 1838-1842. Viola, Herman J. and Margolis, Carolyn, editors. 119–147. Washington, D. C.: Smithsonian Institution.
  • Kaeppler, Adrienne L. 1984. "Foreword." In Siapo: Samoan Bark Cloth. Pritchard, Mary, editor. vi. Pago Pago: Arts Council of American Samoa.
  • Kaeppler, Adrienne L. 1980. "Polynesian Music and Dance." In Musics of Many Cultures. May, Elizabeth, editor. 131–153. University of California Press.
  • Kaeppler, Adrienne L. 1980. "The persistence of tradition." In Hawai`i, the royal isles. Rose, Roger G. and Kaeppler, Adrienne L., editors. 53–62. Honolulu, Hawai`i: Bishop Museum Press. In Bernice P. Bishop Museum special publication ;; 67; Variation: Bernice P. Bishop Museum special publication ;; 67..
Journal Article
  • Kaeppler, Adrienne L. 2020. "Early photographers encounter Tongans." Journal of New Zealand & Pacific Studies, 8, (2) 209–226. https://doi.org/10.1386/nzps_00038_1.
  • Kaeppler, Adrienne L. and Van Tilburg, Jo Anne. 2020. "Carved Komari (vulva) Stones from Rapa Nui: Museum Objects, Legacy Data, and Contemporary Local History." The Journal of the Polynesian Society, 129, (4) 383–406. https://doi.org/10.15286/jps.129.4.383-406.
  • Kaeppler, Adrienne L. 2018. "Fijian Art From the US Exploring Expedition." Journal of Museum Ethnography, Number 31 168–186.
  • Kaeppler, Adrienne L. 2017. "John Lafarge, A contemporary artist in Samoa, 1890-1891." Pacific Arts, NS Vol. 16, (2) 20–30.
  • Kaeppler, Adrienne L. 2015. "Two Hawaiian Dancers and Their Daughters." The Journal of the Polynesian Society, 124, (2) 189–207. https://doi.org/10.15286/jps.124.2.189-207.
  • Kaeppler, Adrienne L. 2015. "Lost Objects, Questionable Localities, and other Cook Voyage Enigmas." Pacific Arts, NS 14, (1-2) 78–84.
  • Kaeppler, Adrienne L. 2014. "Sister Malia Tu`ifua: Descendant of Chiefs, Daughter of God." Journal of the Polynesian Society, 123, (2) 169–184.
  • Kaeppler, Adrienne L. 2014. "The Edinburgh Hawaiian Feathered Cloak and Museum Guessalogs." The Hawaiian Journal of History, 48: 171–174.
  • Kaeppler, Adrienne L. 2013. "Power, Prayer and Plumage." HALI, (175) 90–99.
  • Kaeppler, Adrienne L. 2013. "Music and Dance as Export and Import: A case study of Japan in Europe and Hawai`i in Japan." Yearbook for Traditional Music, 45 214–230.
  • Kaeppler, Adrienne L. 2010. "The Beholder's Share: Viewing Music and Dance in a Globalized World." Ethnomusicology, 54, (2) 185–201.
  • Kaeppler, Adrienne L. 2010. "Interpreting Ritual as Performance and Theory." Oceania, 80, (3) 263–271. https://doi.org/10.1002/j.1834-4461.2010.tb00085.x.
  • Van Tilburg, Jo Anne, Kaeppler, Adrienne L., Weisler, Marshall, Cristino, Claudio, and Spitzer, Angela. 2008. "Petrographic Analysis of Thin-Sections of Samples from Two Monolithic Statues (Moai), Rapa Nui (Easter Island)." Journal of the Polynesian Society, 117, (3) 297–300.
  • Kaeppler, Adrienne L. 2007. "Containers of Divinity." Journal of the Polynesian Society, 116, (2) 97–130.
  • Kaeppler, Adrienne L. 2005. "Animal Designs in Samoan Siapo, and Other Thoughts on Polynesian Barkcloth Design." Journal of the Polynesian Society, 114, (3) 197–225.
  • Kaeppler, Adrienne L. 2004. "Hawaiian Treasures at the Smithsonian Institution." AnthroNotes, 25, (2) 9–10. https://doi.org/10.5479/10088/22409.
  • Kaeppler, Adrienne L. 2004. "Recycling Tradition: A Hawaiian Case Study." Dance Chronicle, 27, (3) 293–311.
  • Kaeppler, Adrienne L. 2004. "Appreciation and Challenge: Remarks for the Launch of the Oldman Catalogues." Journal of the Polynesian Society, 113, (4) 325–329.
  • Kaeppler, Adrienne L. 2003. "La danza y el concepto de estilo." Desacatos: Revista de Antropologia Social, 12 93–104.
  • Kaeppler, Adrienne L. 2003. "Sculptures of Barkcloth and Wood from Rapa Nui: Symbolic Continuities and Polynesian Affinities." RES 44 Anthropology and Aesthetics, (44) 10–69.
  • Kaeppler, Adrienne L. 2003. "An Introduction to Dance Aesthetics." Yearbook for Traditional Music, 35 153–162.
  • Kaeppler, Adrienne L. 2001. "Dance and the Concept of Style." Yearbook for Traditional Music, 33 49–63. https://doi.org/10.2307/1519630.
  • Kaeppler, Adrienne L. 2001. "Tattooed Beauty: A Pacific Case Study." AnthroNotes, 22, (2) 9–13. https://doi.org/10.5479/10088/22382.
  • Kaeppler, Adrienne L. 2000. "The Feather Cape Enigma: English or American Indian?" Museum Anthropology, 23, (3) 97–103. https://doi.org/10.1525/mua.2000.23.3.97.
  • Kaeppler, Adrienne L. 2000. "[Review of:] Maori Art and Culture." Journal of the Polynesian Society, 109, (2) 209–211.
  • Kaeppler, Adrienne L. 2000. "[Review of:] Queen Salote of Tonga: The Story of an Era 1900–1965." Journal of the Polynesian Society, 109, (2) 213–215.
  • Kaeppler, Adrienne L. 2000. "Dance Ethnology and the Anthropology of Dance." Dance Research Journal, 32, (1) 116–225.
  • Kaeppler, Adrienne L. 2000. "Material Matters B in Tonga." The Grapevine : news from the Smithsonian Forum on Material Culture., 35 1–3.
  • Kaeppler, Adrienne L. 1999. "Kie Hingoa: Mats of Power, Rank, Prestige and History." Journal of the Polynesian Society, 108, (2) 168–232.
  • Kaeppler, Adrienne L. 1998. "Review. In Oceania: Visions, Artifacts, Histories, by Nicholas Thomas." Journal of the Polynesian Society, 107, (4) 432–433.
  • Kaeppler, Adrienne L. 1997. "Tongan kava bowls as centerpieces for performance : Polynesien." Baessler-Archiv, 45 47–61.
  • Kaeppler, Adrienne L. 1996. "The Great Stone Adze in the Smithsonian Institution:History and Provenance." Rapa Nui Journal, 10, (4) 89–92.
  • Kaeppler, Adrienne L. 1996. "The look of music, the sound of dance: Music as a visual art." Visual Anthropology, 8, (2-4) 133–153. https://doi.org/10.1080/08949468.1996.9966673.
  • Kaeppler, Adrienne L. 1995. "Eduard Arning's Hawaiian Collections." The Hawaiian Journal of History, 29 179–183.
  • Kaeppler, Adrienne L. 1994. "Music, Metaphor, and Misunderstanding." Ethnomusicology, 38, (3) 457–473. https://doi.org/10.2307/852111.
  • Kaeppler, Adrienne L. 1993. "Review of The Spirited Earth. Dance, Myth, and Ritual from South Asia to the South Pacific, by Victoria Ginn." Dance Research Journal, 25, (1) 41.
  • Kaeppler, Adrienne L. 1993. "Rembrandt Peal's Hawaiian Ethnographic Still Life." The Hawaiian Journal of History, 27 227–238.
  • Kaeppler, Adrienne L. 1990. "Musicology Plus (or Minus) Anthropology Does Not Equal Ethnomusicology." Ethnomusicology, 34, (2) 275–279.
  • Kaeppler, Adrienne L. 1989. "Review of Tongan Music by Richard Moyle." Ethnomusicology, 33, (2) 354–358.
  • Kaeppler, Adrienne L. 1989. "Cook's Feathered Cape." Australian Natural History, 22, (12) 548–550.
  • Kaeppler, Adrienne L. 1989. "Review of Hawaiian Hula Chants, by Nona Beamer." Folk Music Journal, 653–655.
  • Kaeppler, Adrienne L. 1988. "She Writes the Songs that Make the Whole World Sing." Matangi Tonga, 3, (4) 37–39.
  • Kaeppler, Adrienne L. 1988. "Review of Half a Century of Dance Research, by Gertrude Kurath." Dance Research Journal, 20, (1) 47–48.
  • Kaeppler, Adrienne L. 1988. "Review of Bikmaus: A Journal of Papua New Guinea Affairs, Ideas and the Arts. Papers presented at the Conference for Ethnomusicologists at Goroka, August 18-25, 1982. Vol. 4 (3)." Ethnomusicology, 32, (2) 154–155.
  • Kaeppler, Adrienne L. 1987. "Review of Hula Ki'i. Hawaiian Puppetry by Katherine Luomala." Pacific Studies, 11, (1) 149–153.
  • Kaeppler, Adrienne L. 1987. "Concerning a Maori Shell Trumpet from Cook's Second Voyage and Some Implications." The Journal of the Polynesian Society, 96, (2) 243–249.
  • Kaeppler, Adrienne L. 1983. "A Further Note on the Cook Voyage Collection in Leningrad." Journal of the Polynesian Society, 92, (1) 93–98.
  • Kaeppler, Adrienne L. 1982. "Genealogy and Disrespect: A Study of Symbolism in Hawaiian Images." RES, 3 82–107.
  • Kaeppler, Adrienne L. 1981. "The Performing Arts of Papua, New Guinea." The Sixth Festival of Asian Arts, 130–135.
  • Kaeppler, Adrienne L. 1980. "Hawaiian Art: An Anthropological Perspective." Educational Perspectives, 19, (1) 10–15.
Book
  • Kaeppler, Adrienne L. and Van Tilburg, Jo Anne. 2018. The Iconic Tattooed Man of Easter Island, an Illustrated Life. Santa Monica, California: Mana Press.
  • Caldiera, Leah, Hellmich, Christina, Kaeppler, Adrienne L., Kam, Betty Lou, and Rose, Roger , editors. 2015. Royal Hawaiian Featherwork, Nā Hulu Ali`i. Honolulu: University of Hawai`i Press.
  • Her Majesty Queen Nanasipau, Kaeppler, Adrienne L., and Fonua, Mary Lyn. 2015. Tonga's Royal Family. Photographs from Royal Collections. Coronation Edition. Nuku`alofa, Tonga: Vava`u Press.
  • Kaeppler, Adrienne L. 2012. Lakalaka: A Tongan Masterpiece of Performing Arts. Nuku`alofa, Tonga: Vava`u Press.
  • Kaeppler, Adrienne L. 2011. Holophusicon. The Leverian Museum An Eighteenth-century English Institution of Science, Curiosity, and Art. Musuem Fur Volkerkunde.
  • Kaeppler, Adrienne L. 2010. Hawaiian featherwork. Sanctity and Danger: Divine and Chiefly Featherwork of Old Hawai`i. Berlin: Nationalgalerie Staatliche Museem zu Berlin. In Intolerance.
  • Kaeppler, Adrienne L. 2010. Polynesia : the Mark and Carolyn Blackburn Collection of Polynesian Art. Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press.
  • Kaeppler, Adrienne L. 2008. The Pacific Arts of Polynesia and Micronesia. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
  • Kaeppler, Adrienne L. and Dunin, Elsie Ivanchich , editors. 2007. Dance Structures. Perspectives on the analysis of Human Movement. Budapest: Akedemiai Kiado. Hungarian Academy of Sciences.
  • Kaeppler, Adrienne L. 2000. Sculpture de Nukuoro and Sculpture d'Hawaii. Paris: Musee de quai Branly. In Sculptures, Afrique, Asie, Oceanie, Ameriques.
  • Henderson, Amy E. and Kaeppler, Adrienne L., editors. 1997. Exhibiting dilemmas : issues of representation at the Smithsonian. Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution Press.
Web Page / Electronic Publication
Book Review
  • Kaeppler, Adrienne L. 2002. [Book review] "Hawaiki, Ancestral Polynesia: An Essay in Historical Anthropology." Journal of Anthropological Research, 59, 565–566.