Feather Cape
date: label: Collection Date
content: 1837
name: label: Collector
content: Rev. Jonathan Cogswell
label: Donor Name
content: Mrs. Clementine L. Welling
notes: label: Notes
content: From card: "Ground of red feathers of the Iiwi (Vestiaria coccinea) [a.k.a. 'i'iwi or Hawaiian Honeycreeper.] Two centrally located crescents, one crescent under the neck, and a vertical crescent on each side of the front of yellow feathers of the Oo (Acrulocercus nobilis). Band of the same yellow feathers around the entire lower border. Upper border and the two front margins have the base color of the ground (red), alternating with tufts of black feathers. Accompanying this cape is a cylindrical boa of yellow feathers or lei to be worn on the head [number for feather lei is E128386-1]. 23" long. This is apparently the cape numbered 43 in Brigham's "Hawaiian Feather Work" (Bishop Mus. Mem. 1, p. 68 and fig. 84)."
label: Notes
content: Ahu'ula, feathered cape, olona fiber (Touchardia latifolia), feathers from 'i'iwi (Vestiaria coccinea) and 'o'o (Moho nobilis).
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: Notes
content: Cape on display in National Museum of Natural History exhibit "Objects of Wonder", 2021.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 20 Mar 2024
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Hawaii (Hawaiʻi), United States, Polynesia
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 019116
label: USNM Number
content: E128386-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Cape
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 38 cm
label: Width - Object
content: 74 cm
label: Width - Object
content: 168 cm