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BRIG HAM ON HAWAIIAN FEATHER WORK. 



inches; width of black double crescent, 12.5 inches. The net is of fine texture in ten 

 pieces. This came from Hawaii through the grandmother of Mrs. Manuel Reis, who 

 is the present owner. The cape is in good order, the feathers ver^' .short. Fig. iii. 



90. Cape of 00, with large central crescent of iiwi and four small frontal semi- 

 crescents of the same. Cervical and frontal border of red, yellow and black. Length, 

 16 inches; width, 22 inches. Added to the collection in the British Museum in 1898. 

 Fig. 112. 



91. Cape which was brought to England on the ship L'Aigle, Captain Valen- 

 tine Starbuck, March 17, 1824. On this ship arrived Kamehameha II. and his Queen; a 

 member of his suite, the notorious John Rives, procured this cape for Samuel Starbuck, 

 of Milford Haven, South Wales. His grand-daughter. Miss Lucretia Starbuck, is the 

 present owner. Length, 16.5 inches; front, 14.5 inches; neck, 21.5 inches; ba,se, 85 

 inches. Fie. 11 



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FIG. 113. FIG. 114. 



92. Cape of 00, with a central crescent of iiwi and a lozenge immediatel}' above 

 it of black 00 and two semicrescents of iiwi on each front. Length, 10 inches; front, 

 6 inches; around base, 45 inches. This, with the cloak following, belonged to H. 

 Colgate, Esq., of Kent Lodge, Eastbourne, England, but I am informed the cloak has 

 been recently sold. Fig. 114. 



93. Cloak of iiwi, with crescents and semicrescents of iiwi in almost equal 

 quantity. Length, 51 inches; front, 49 inches; circumference of neck, 22 inches; of 

 base, 132 inches. The front edges have , a border of soft, fluffy feathers. Mr. Colgate 

 has recently .sold this cloak to some person unknown. Fig. 115. 



94. Cape formerly exhibited in the Hall of Curiosities of the Boston Museum 

 on Tremont street, and recently given to the Peabody Museum of American Archae- 

 ology at Cambridge, Mass. I have no particulars of the cape. 



95. Cape belonging to Mr. Samuel Parker of Honolulu. I have not seen this 

 cape, which Mr. Parker tells me is not in good condition. 



96. Cape of black feathers with red spots. Seen at the funeral of Queen 

 Kapiolani and supposed to be the one formerly belonging to Mrs. Manuel Reis, 



