Tour the East Hall at the National Museum After the First Fifty Years

A feather cape worn on public occasions by King Kamehameha when a youth. Presented by him to Com. Bolton in 1839. The birds "Oo," from which these splendid feathers were taken, have but two feathers of the kind, one under each wing. It is a very rare species, peculiar only to the higher regions of Hawaii, and is caught with much toil. It is computed that a million dollars were expended on the manufacture of this cloak. Mantles of these feathers are no longer to be seen, the cost of procuring them being so great.

Return to start of the East Hall of the National Museum in 1886