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BRIG HAM ON HAWAIIAN FEATHER WORK. 



loi. This is one of the ahuula from the Boston Museum now in the Peabod}- 

 Museum of American Archaeology in Cambridge. Although in a sad state of dilapida- 

 tion the elaborate pattern can be easily made out. It is 29 inches long. Fig. 13. 



102. At Newcastle-upon-Tyne, with the specimens of feather work already de- 

 scribed (page 6) is a cape in excellent preservation, shown in Fig. 14. It is of the 

 usual red and yellow feathers. The front edges measure 9.5 inches; the depth is 14 

 inches, and the bottom is 63.5 inches round. In the Transactions of the Natural 



FIG. II. MAROUESAN HEAD DRESS. 



History' Societ}' of Newcastle, ii., list of donations, 1834-5, we read: "Feather Cloak 

 and Helmet and a collection of Native Curiosities from the Sandwicli Islands; Mr. 

 William Row." Note the resemblance to the pattern of the capes sbown in Figs. 

 56 and 59. 



103. A ver}- prett}- and well preserved cape belongs to Miss Mary Clark of Hart- 

 ford, Conn. The front edges measure 9 inches; the extreme width is 32 inches, and the 

 length 14.5 inches. It is very well shown in Plate LXVIII. The feathers are 00 and 

 iiwi. It probably left the Hawaiian Kingdom during the reign of Kamehameha III. 



104. A cloak in the cabinet of the Literar}- and Philosophical Societ}' of Perth, 

 Scotland. I am only informed that it is in bad condition, and is partly covered with 



green feathers. 



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