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BRK.llAM ON HAIFA //AN FEATHE/^ WORK. 



diameter; of small, stiff black and white feathers. Princess Pauahi. Pale blue, pur- 

 ple and white trimmings. 



37. Painted pole 14 feet high, with the imposing name Kalanikaumakamana. 

 Hulumann 15 inches high and 30 inches in diameter; of blue jjeacock feathers. 



Purple and yellow trimmings. 



38. Koa pole, turned, 10 feet high. Hulumann S 

 inches high, 33 inches in diameter; of peacock feathers. 

 Pink silk base, cherr\' and vellow trimmings. 



39. Painted pole 13 feet high. Hulumann 36 inches 

 high, 24 inches in diameter; of black iwa feathers. "Kawao 

 he inoa ia o kekahi kupuna ona; oia ke alii i ana maia i na 

 makaainana kona kupapau a puni na moku o Maui; he alii 

 aloha oia i na makaainana, a he aloha na makaainana iaia." 

 Orange and black trimmings. 



40-43. Kauila poles, 9^ feet high. Hulumann 24 



inches high and wide; of duck feathers dyed red. These four 



kahilis are inscribed as follows: "Pilialoha o na kahili pili 



eha keia ma ka aoao o ka pahu o Kekelaokalani i kona 



hoolewa ia ana, a oia no na pili o ka pahii o ko ka Moi- 



wahine hoolewa ia ana." Cherry ribbons are attached. 



From the inscription it is seen that these four kahilis of dyed 



red feathers, which were imported in quantity for hat orna- 



; . '^ I ments, stood at the four corners of the stand on which 



! J reposed the remains of the mother of Queen Emma, 



Fanny Young. And when Emma, the grand-daughter of 

 FIG. 15. K.\HILI OF ^ , " , " T^ 1- , 1 r ■ 1 ,- T- 



SUGAR CANE John \ oung, an English seaman and iriend 01 Kameha- 



meha I., adopted daughter of Dr. T. C. B. Rooke an English 



physician, wife of Alexander Eiholiho ( Kamehameha W . ), in turn was gathered to her 



ancestors, these four emblems of royalty, — and also of the foreign element so interwoven 



in her life, were held by bearers o^•er her mortal remains as they reposed in state in 



the old Kawaiahao church. 



That kahilis were not always made with feathers is shown In* the interesting 

 pair in the Bishop Museum which were presented to Queen Emma January 2, 1S83, as 

 a birthday offering from the women of Wailuku, Maui. Fig. 15. 



44-45. Poles of plain wood 12 feet high. The body of irregular form, made 

 from the tips of sugar cane. See the one on the extreme right in the group of 

 kahilis. Fig. 8, p. 15. 



The tops of these interesting kahilis are shown more clearly in Fig. 15, where they 

 remind one of the results of topiarian art seen formerly in old English gardens. The 



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