SMALL k'AH/L/S. 



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measurements given are approximate, as the kahilis are enclosed in sealed cases, but 

 the^- are nearly correct. Notice is taken of the unornamental trimmings, but these 

 are not the same the kahilis wore at their last public appearance, for they were 

 redecorated by native women immediately before they were brought to their present 

 cases and the Director is not responsible for the strange effects presented. 



A kahili handle | B. M. 117 | is shown in Fig. 3. It is made of tortoise-shell and 

 human bone (those of Kaneoneo, Kalanikupule, Kaiana and other chiefs who perished 

 in the battle of Nuuanu in 1795), was given by Paki to (rorham I). Gilmau many 

 3-ears ago, and by him to the Bishop Museum. Many other liandles of tortoise-shell 

 and ivory are in the INIuseum collec^tion and some of them are doubtless handles of 

 those kahilis described by the Rev. C. vS. .Stewart in the account of Kamamalu's 

 pageant just quoted. 



No attempt is made to describe the many small kahilis in this Museum; speci- 

 mens are found in most museums; and here, while the\- are in great number and variety-, 

 and often of considerable beauty, they are generalh- quite modern and made of foreign 

 feathers. Sufficient illustration is given in Figs. 8 and 16, and Plate 1\'. 



FIG. 16. SMALL KAHILIS. 



