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BRIG HAM ON HAWAIIAN FEATHER WORK. 



20. Cloak of iiwi; five yellow triangles at the neck, four concentric bands of 

 six lozenges each, and a yellow band at the base; narrow red and black border at the 

 front edges. A magnificent cloak but badly preserved; as will be seen by the Plate 

 XIII, the net is visible in many places. Fig. 64. Windsor Castle colle6lion. Length, 

 68 inches; base, 160 inches. 



21. Cape of iiwi with basal border of 00 and seven crescents in two rows on the 

 back; on each front a yellow triangle between two of black 00. This is large for a 

 cape and small for a cloak. Fig. 65. Plate XIV, a. Windsor Castle colleftion. 



22. Cloak of iiwi with bauds and triangles of 00. About 60 inches long and 

 quite narrow; apparentl\- to cover only the back and sides of the wearer. Wiiber 

 \aiio-licc Webber], the artist of Cook's third voyage, brought this home and gave it 

 with other things to Berne, his native town, where it is preserved in fair condition in a 



FIG. 67. 



FIG. 68. 



sealed glass case in the fine new Municipal Museum. The diagram. Fig. 66, is from 

 a sketch by the author, as it was difficult to photograph it in its double case. 



23. Cloak of iiwi with bands, triangles, and circles of 00. Feather tabs on the 

 front edges. Length, 70 inches; front, 50 inches; base, 116 inches. A remarkably 

 showy pattern. From a water-color sketch by J. Edge-Partington, Esq. In the Brit- 

 ish Museum without history of ancient ownership. Fig. 67. 



24. Cloak of iiwi with rhombs of 00 and a basal border of the same. Neck, 29 

 inches; length, 64 inches; front, 54 inches; width, 102 inches. British Museum. Its 

 resemblance to the Windsor cloak, Plate XIII, will be noticed. This, with most of 

 the others in the British national colledlion has beeu figured from Mr. Partington's 

 water-color sketches made for the author. Fig. 68. 



25. Cloak of cock's feathers with neck and front border of alternate triangles 

 of iiwi and 00. Length, 70 inches; front, 36 inches; neck, 29 inches; width, 69 inches. 

 One of the long, narrow cloaks, and of a construAion often repeated [32, 33, 34, 64, 

 etc.]. While the addition of the feathers of the common fowl must be regarded as a 



