Feather Cape
date: label: Accession Date
content: 21 Dec 1909
name: label: Collector
content: Dr. Nathaniel B. Emerson
label: Donor Name
content: Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition
notes: label: Notes
content: From card: "This was made in imitation of the old-time feather capes of royalty. In this the feathers are of course from common fowl, being dyed to suit the purpose. This cape figured at the coronation of King Kalakaua."
label: Notes
content: Hale Naua feathered cape; textile backing and dyed Domestic fowl feathers.
label: Notes
content: Object was on display in National Museum of Natural History exhibit "Na Mea Makamae o Hawai'i - Hawaiian Treasures", 2004-2005.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 14 Jun 2021
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Hawaii (Hawaiʻi), United States, Polynesia
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Polynesian
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 050958
label: USNM Number
content: E258033-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Cape
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 65 cm
label: Width - Object
content: 71 cm