FEATHER EYE AND MAHIOLE. 



their size and shape closely resemble the specimen figured. The late king Kalakaua 

 told me he had seen two huge images with wicker heads in a legendary cave at Keala- 

 kekua. It was within two miles of this reputed cave that the Kukailimoku in this 

 Museum (Fig. 22, ante) was concealed after the abolition of the ancient cult by Liholiho. 



Mahiole. — Our additions to the list of helmets are considerable and interesting. 

 Of the unfeathered variety an authentic specimen has come to this Museum since the 

 publication of the former paper. It was obtained many years ago by the Reverend 

 W. P. Alexander, of the American Mission, when stationed at Wailuku, Maui. He saw 

 it on the head of a native and secured it on the spot, and gave it as an interesting 

 relic to Oahu College. From the cabinet of 

 this institution it was given by the Trustees 

 to the Bishop Museum. It is very well made 

 but quite thin and unfit for the usual purposes 

 of a helmet. (Fig. 5.) I believe it was orna- 

 mental simply, and from the number of this 

 class extant cannot have been a verj' exclusive 

 badge of chieftainship. In one of the French 

 voyages a plate represents two chiefs with 

 similar helmets directing an execution.' The 

 basket work of this head piece is so well made 

 that I shall take occasion to again refer to it 

 in the chapter on Mats and Baskets of the 

 Hawaiians. In continuation of the list on 

 page 48 this mahiole should be numbered 42. 



43. The interesting history of the 

 mahiole in the museum of the Natural History Societ}' at Newcastle-upon-Tyne has 

 been given with that of the Kukailimoku of the same collection. This helmet is 

 covered with red feathers except on the yellow crest and the bands of black radiating 

 from the crown. The red has hardly faded, but the crest has lost much of its original 

 color on the surface, while underneath the feathers are still bright orange yellow. 

 The length from \ to 1; direct is 13 inches; A to B along the crest, 27.5 inches; and 

 from c to D 10.5 inches. A color scheme is given in Fig. 7. 



44. A very good specimen is in the Oxford Museum, of which my friend Pro- 

 fessor Balfour has kindl}- sent me a photograph (Fig. 8). It is remarkably well shaped, 

 still covered with a network of olona, but the feathers have gone. Probably it was red 

 with a yellow crest. It was in the Pitt-Rivers collection and without special history. 



45. In the Castle Museum, Norwich, England, are two rather dilapidated 

 mahiole which have been in that museum over fiftj'j^ears; and the Curator, James 



^Narrative oj a Voyage round tlie ll'oiid. Capt. Frevcinet. Letters bv J. Arago. London, iS2^. Part II.. p. is7. Letter CXXVI. 



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