Cloak

Description

Feather cloak (ahu'ula), presented by King Liholiho to the Honourable Frederick Byng, on the occasion of his visit to England in 1824: Polynesian, Hawaiian Islands, 19th century

Museum reference

A.1948.274

Collection

Oceania

Object name

Cloak, Ahu'ula

Production information

Hawaiian Islands, Polynesia

Date

Pre 1824

Style / Culture

Hawaiian

Materials

Feather, Plant fibre

Physical description

Feather

Associations

Presenter: Liholiho, King, 1824 (d.)
Previous owner: Byng, Frederick, 1824 (fl.)

Exhibitions

• Facing the Sea (29 Jul 2011)
  National Museum of Scotland

References

Kaeppler, Adrienne L. (2010) 'Hawaiian Featherwork: Catalogue Raisonné of pre-1900 Feathered-God images, Cloaks, Capes, Helmets'

Brigham, W.T., Hawaiian Feather Work, p. 73, no. 61