Treasures of Hawai‘i
Bishop Museum
The State Museum of Natural and Cultural History
Honolulu, Hawai‘i

Kamehameha cloak

(13k)

Nearly 500,000 feathers from an estimated 80,000 birds were worn on the shoulders of Kamehameha The Great.
Gift: Provisional Gov't Collection

Feather lei

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