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Object Number
27-61-70/D3020
Display Title
Feather cape
Descriptions
Indigenous Term
'Ahu'ula or Ahuli'i or Alaneo
Object Description
Feather cape. Cape has a circular neckline and a ragged lower border—decorated only with red feathers.
Inventory Description
Cape, red feathers sewn on netted base, black and yellow at neck, cut and sewn
Classification
- Cape
Department
Ethnographic
Date
Late 18th century - 19th century
Culture
- Hawaiian
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania
/
United States
/
Hawaii
Materials
Feather (black 'o'o; red 'i'iwi and yellow 'o'o) , Vegetable fiber Cordage (olona), Cotton thread
Dimensions
Overall: 102 x 72 cm (40 3/16 x 28 3/8 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
D/3020
Credit Line
Museum Purchase, Huntington Frothingham Wolcott Fund, 1927
Provenance
Owner
Mrs. Henry H. Thorndike
(1927)
Provenance
Capt. Henry Cahoone
(1840 ca.)
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