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similar in any other colleclion, and it is very unfortunate that the history of these 

 strange objects is lost. British Museum. 



40. Fragment of a fine cape. The net is of well twisted, closely netted olona: 

 neck border and cords of the usual square braid: front edges finished with a flat braid. 

 Feathers are inserted in rows one-half to five-eighths of an inch apart witli two olona 

 threads looselv twisted but fastened in three turns around each bunch of feathers. 

 Black and yellow 00, the crimson of very long apapane feathers, the only aluxula I 

 have foiind with these feathers. It belonged to the early missionary Rev. Hiram 

 Bingham, perhaps given to him l)y his friend Kalaimoku, the Prime Minister. It was 

 carried to the United States in 1840, and when lent to a friend was mutilated by a negro 

 servant in the household. Length, 24 inches; front, 12 inches. Now in possession of 



FIG. Si. 



FIG. 82. 



the Bingham family in Honolulu. Fig. 81. The portion to the left of the irregular 

 black line is now extant. 



41. Cloak of 00 and iiwi. Given to Commander J. H. Aulick, U. S. Navy, by 

 Kamehameha III. in 1841. Cervical border (23 inches) of black and yellow 00; front 

 edges red, black and yellow. Length, 48 inches; base, 138 inches. United States 

 National Museum, Washington, 79180. Fig. 82. 



42. Cape of 00 with crescents and semicresceuts of iiwi, and a central crescent 

 of black 00. Cervical and frontal border of red, black and yellow. Length, 16 inches; 

 neck, 16 inches; base, 66 inches. Obtained by Commander William Compton Bolton 

 in 184 1. United States National Museum, 3574. Fig. 83. 



43. Cape of iiwi with basal border of 00 and five crescents of the same. Cervi- 

 cal and dorsal border of black and red. Length, 15 inches. Deposited in the United 

 States National Museum by Mrs. J. C. Welling and Miss Dixon. Fig. 84. 



44. Cape of iiwi with basal border and figure of 00 of remarkable design. 

 Property of Henry Chapman, E.sq., of Philadelphia, Penn. Length, 56 inches; front, 

 44 inches; greatest breadth, 96 inches. These measurements are plotted from a water 



