LIST OF HELMETS. 



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2. Mahiole from tlie \'ancoiiver collecftioii given by the Trustees of the British 

 Museum in exchange. Its form is quite different from the last, as maj- be seen in 

 Fig. 2, p. 5. Bands of red iiwi, green ou and yellow 00, nearl}' obliterated b}- long 

 neglect, must have made this a very conspicuous ornament of some Hawaiian warrior. 

 The double plaited crest would have resisted a powerful blow. Height, 11 inches; 

 width, 7^ inches; depth, 9 inches. IMuseum No. 95S. The attachment of the feathers 

 is directly to rods, on one side of which they are bound much in the way feathers are 

 bound to leis. The frame of the helmet is as usual of ie-ie basket work, and to the top 

 of the crest no less than eighteen of the rods are fastened, while the sides of the crest 

 have twelve: on the body of the helmet the varying curvature is followed b^- long or 

 short rods. The succession of colors from the front is red, green, red, black, yellow. 

 A narrow border of black and \-ellow follows the edge. 



FIG. 36. OUTLINES OF HELMETS IN THE BERLIN MUSEUM. 



3. Mahiole from Cook's colle(5lion, now in the k. k. naturhistorische Hofmu- 

 seum, Vienna: red, with yellow crest; few feathers remaining. The front of the crest 

 is set rather farther back than usual. Fig. 33. 



4. Mahiole from the same colleAion and now in the same depositary. The 

 body is green and the crest red and yellow, although few feathers remain. Fig. 34. 



5. Mahiole also from Cook colledlion and with the others at Menna. No 

 feathers now remain, although originally it was co\-ered in the manner of No. 2. The 

 disposition of the covering rods is shown in the illustration. Fig. 35. 



6. Mahiole of red, except the yellow top of crest and a narrow black and yellow 

 line at the junc^ture of the body and crest and along the border. This helmet is rather 

 soiled, but in a good state of preservation. Nationalmuseet, den Ethnografiske vSam- 

 ling, Copenhagen. ("Fjerkappe og Hjoelni" on the label.) The statement in the 

 excellent handbook, which is in Danish, that the "Kongens Kappe var forabejdet alene 



