WORLD CULTURES : AUSTRALASIA
- Object Name
- Cloak : feather
- Description
- Hawaiian cloak of red and yellow feathers , tied to a woven "olona" fibre backing. The mesh of the "olona" fibre backing of the replacement parts is also in excellent condition so it looks as if a perfectly good cape was taken apart to repair this one. This cloak is shorter than the usual Hawaiian cloak but much larger than a cape. The cloak belonged to King Kamehameha III (1852 - 1854) and was purchased by G.A. Thompson in July 1839 for the Hawaiians to pay off an indemnity to the French who were demanding reparations for the rejection and persecution of a French Catholic mission. It has been altered with large portions of the yellow feather patters being replaced with patched of red feathers.
- Place Collected
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- Catalogue Number
- BELUM.C1910.186
- Notes
- National Museums NI
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