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Object Number
11-65-70/84100
Display Title
Feather cape
Descriptions
Indigenous Term
'Ahu'ula or Ahuli'i
Object Description
Feather cape decorated with yellow and red feathers. Circular "classic" cape with red field decorated with yellow and black spots and a yellow border.
Inventory Description
Cape, sewn red, yellow, and black feather dot and stripe design on netted fiber
Classification
- Cape
Department
Ethnographic
Date
1819 or earlier
Culture
- Hawaiian
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania
/
United States
/
Hawaii
Dimensions
Overall: 107 x 82 cm (42 1/8 x 32 5/16 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
84100
Credit Line
Museum Purchase, Huntington Frothingham Wolcott Fund, 1911
Provenance
Owner
Kamehameha I
(prior to 1819)
Seller
Mary Dorr Frost
(1899 - 1911)
Owner
Mrs. Henry Dorr
(1850 - 1899)
Collector
Mr. Henry Dorr
(prior to 1819)
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