Museum Tuesday!

A section of the Pā'u or feathered cape of Nāhi'ena'ena. Daughter of Kamehameha I and Keopuolani. Younger sister of Liholiho (Kamehameha II) and Kauikeaouli (Kamehameha III). With the combined lineage of both parents, she and her siblings had more kapu privilege then most Hawaiians living at that time. Even more than their father Kamehameha the great.
The cape is said to have been the largest feather cape ever created in Hawaiian history. Measuring 20' x 30" made with Olona cordage with an estimated one-million Ō'ō and Ī'iwi feathers.
Only at the age of nine Nāhi'ena'ena is said to have reluctantly worn it during her brother Liholiho and his wife Kamamalu's funeral. Later after she passed, which caused great sadness for her remaining ruling brother Kamehameha III. It was cut in half and used to cover her casket at her funeral. Later it was used in the same way during his funeral and even pictured on the casket of Hawaii's last reigning monarch, King Kalakaua.
It was stored away in a temperature controlled structure for about one-hundred years and shown on special occasions at Bishop Museum. Modern technology affords us to view this anytime we visit the museum nowadays.
Nāhi'ena'ena is said to have been buried with her mother, a descendant of the highest lines of Maui chiefs. At one of the most sacred places on the island of Maui, Moku'ula. Tomorrow's... later today I will delve deeper into this sacred area and the rest of the island of Maui.