THE KAPIOLANI COLLECTION. 47 



least Homage as a God; they were not the least Scrupulous of letting us examine every 

 part of it." Cook notes in Admiralty copy: "Tupia informs us that this is a representa- 

 tion of one of the Second rank of Eahias or Gods, called Mauwi [Maui], who inhabited 

 the Earth upon the Creation of Man." 



THE KAPIOLANI ESTATE COLLECTION, 



This remarkable collection made by the late King Kalakaua was left to his widow 

 Kapiolani and at her death came to the two Princes, sons of her sister. Princess Kekau- 

 like, the late Prince David Kawananakoa and Prince Jonah Kuhio Kalanianaole, now 

 Delegate representing this Territory in Congress. Between the Princes the eight 

 capes forming the collection were divided as will be shown below. Some of the capes 

 are known to be modern, others are undoubtedly ancient, but all are interesting: the 

 four belonging to the Kalanianaole branch will first be described. 



CAPE OF KAUMUALII. 



It will not be necessary to go into the history of Kaumualii once Moi of Kauai, 

 in this place for a few of the events in the life of this enlightened and estimable man 

 have been described, briefly it is true, in connection with the malo or cordon given to 

 him b}' his suzerain lord and friend Kamehameha I. This cape is one of those given 

 to Kaumualii at the time he was invested by Kamehameha with the cordon of authority 

 in the interview off the port of Honolulu in 18 10. With the other ahuula this was de- 

 posited with Mrs. Whitney of the newly established American Mission, when Kaumu- 

 alii was summoned to Honolulu; nearly half a century afterwards in settling Mrs. 

 Whitney's estate the cape and all the other insignia were sold at auction. The desti- 

 nation of the other specimens has been told elsewhere in these pages; this was purchased 

 by Mr. Henry Riemenschneider of Honolulu, who afterwards gave it to Kalakaua the 

 king in return for a decoration conferred on him by His Majesty. 



This cape measures in breadth 32 inches; in depth on the back 14.5 inches and 

 on the front there is a slight inequality in the two sides, the left is 8.2 while the right 

 is 9 inches. The cape is yellow 00, the feathers long and handsome; in the centre is a 

 crescent 3.2 inches wide in the middle and 20.5 inches from point to point, of red iiwi 

 so well preserved as to resemble apapane in richness; two half-crescents are on each 

 front border of the same iiwi; the neck-band is of iiwi with seven yellow spots, four on 

 the right side, three on the left. Both the feathered side and the net substratum are 

 sufficiently shown on the accompanying figures, 43 and 44. 



THE KEKAULIKE CAPE. 

 This striking cape is of considerable size, the extreme breadth being 45 inches; 

 depth behind 18.7 inches, in front 14.7 inches. The net is very fine in mesh. While 

 the base of the cape is iiwi red, the curious split crescents of 00 yellow dart across the 



