CLOAK IN DRESDEN MUSEUM. 



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Lefroy from whom the Museum purchased it in 1909. It was sent on approval that we 

 might assure ourselves of its excellent condition. Packed with great care and as pro- 

 tection on the long sea voyage it was soldered in a tin case. It was in a time of peace 

 and there were no censors. The officials in San Francisco tore open the case (as they 

 had perhaps the right and certainly the power), assessed a duty of $14.60, and without 

 restoring the packing sent it on two thousand miles farther by sea. As objects for this 

 Museum are exempt from duty the Government corrected the mistake of its customs 

 officer and refunded the money. Even a democratic Government is not always efficient! 



FIG. 30. CLOAK IN THE DRESDEN MUSEUM. 



The extreme width of the cape is 36 inches; the depth behind is 16.5 inches, and 

 in front 11. 5 inches. The specimen is in perfect order, the colors bright as when made. 

 The yellow is 00, the central crescent is of black 00 on the upper half and crimson 

 apapane feathers on the lower. For the exact color of these rare apapane feathers see 

 Memoirs I, p. 10, Feather Work." The bird is Himatione sangninea^ Cabanis. The 

 two open half crescents are of apapane with yellow 00 for centre; the lower half cres- 

 cents are of black 00. In the neck-band are seven red and six black spots alternating 

 with yellow. The network foundation seems rather coarse, cut for the cape, and is 

 turned in on the front borders. Evidently it has not seen much use and was probably 

 made in the time of the early Kamehamehas. B. P. Bishop Museum No. 9670. 



A CLOAK IN THE DRESDEN MUSEUM. 



As the figure shows this ahuula is of the variety worn in battle over the left shoulder 

 leaving the right arm free to use weapons. It is in good preservation, and the arched band 

 of yellow 00 is a rather unusual form of decoration. The body color is red iiwi, the deco- 

 rations are yellow 00, and there are no other feathers. It is numbered 12,339 i^ the 



■ Since the above was written we were able to procure a satisfactory color plate of this well-preserved cape, Plate II. 



