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Kāhili kū
Nā hulu manu, Meakanu (lehu)
Kamāliʻi Wahine Bernice Pauahi Bishop

ʻO ʻEleʻeleualani, he kāhili ia i hana ʻia me mau pūpū hulu manu i hoʻopaʻa ʻia ma ka ʻaoʻao o ka pou. Maliʻa i ia wā, he mau poʻe kālena i loko o ka hana e hoʻopaʻa pono ai ka hana kāhili no ka mea ua hoʻohana ʻia ke kāhili i hōʻailona no ka poʻe aliʻi. No ke Kamāliʻi Wahine Bernice Pauahi Bishop nō ia kāhili i kapa ʻia nona ka inoa ʻo ʻEleʻeleualani, a he inoa nō ia mai loko mai o ka ʻohana aliʻi Hawaiʻi.

Ua paʻa ʻia ke kāhili i loko o kekahi paikau i wahi e hōʻike aku ai i ka lehulehu, aia nō kekahi kanaka me ka moʻokūʻauhau aliʻi i loko o ia paikau. Ua mālama ʻia ke kāhili kohu like me ke kanaka o ka poʻe aliʻi a lākou e hōʻike ana.

ʻO nā hulu manu i hoʻohana ʻia i loko o kēia kāhili mai nā manu ʻōʻō mai. He manu nalowale nō ia nona ka hulu ʻeleʻele a me kekahi mau hulu melemele i kākaʻikahi loa kona loaʻa ʻana. Ua hōʻike ʻia ma kekahi hōʻike aia nō he mau manu ʻōʻō like ʻole i ʻike ʻia ma kekahi mau wahi o ka pae ʻāina ʻo Hawaiʻi nei.

ʻO kēia kāhili kekahi mea kahiko mua loa i loko o nā mea waiwai kahiko Hawaiʻi i loko o ka Hale Hōʻikeʻike o Bīhopa, a pau pū me nā mea kahiko a ke Kamāliʻi Wahine Ruth Keʻelikōlani, ka Mōʻī Wahine Emma, a me Kamāliʻi Wahine Bernice Pauahi Bishop, i loaʻa mai ai kēia wahi kāhili. ʻO ʻEleʻeleualani kekahi mea i hōʻike ʻia i loko o nā mea kahiko ma ka hale hōʻikeʻike i ka makahiki ʻumikumamāwalu kanawalukumamāiwa.