THE KAPIOLANI NUI CAPE. 



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fear the power of Pele ; but if I trust in Jehovah, and He shall save me from the wrath 

 of Pele when I break through her kapu^ then you must fear and serve the Lord 

 Jehovah. All the gods of Hawaii are vain. Great is the goodness of Jehovah in send- 

 ing missionaries to turn us from these vanities to the living God and the way of 

 righteousness.' Then, with the terrific bellowing and whizzing of the volcanic gases, 

 they mingled their voices in a solemn hymn of praise to the true God." 



The reign of Pele was at an end. Long may the victorious Kapiolani be 

 remembered ! 



FIG. 46. KAPIOLANI NUI CAPE. 



The virtues of the later Kapiolani, Kalakaua's Queen, less spectacular but no 

 less genuine may well be remembered in the beautiful cape which bears her name. 



KAPIOLANI NUI CAPE. 



A beautiful example of work in yellow, red and black. It measures in extreme 

 width 36 inches; depth at back 15.5 inches, and in front 11. 5 inches. Of the central 

 crescent the lower half is black, the upper red iiwi; the half crescents cut at the front 

 are divided in the same way, black on the outside, red within. The neck-band is red 

 and the front borders alternate yellow and red. The effect of the closed front is shown 

 in a later illustration. Fig. 51. 



