Kāhili
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A kāhili is a symbol of the aliʻi chiefs and families of the Hawaiian Islands. It was taken by the Kamehamehas as a Hawaiian royal standard and used by the Royal Families to indicate their lineage.
Portrait of Princess Nāhiʻenaʻena holding the feathered royal kāhili, by Robert Dampier
Bishop Museum Kāhili Room
Kāhili bearers for Keʻelikōlani
Mahiole
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Hawaiian feather helmets, known as mahiole in the Hawaiian language, were worn with feather cloaks. These were symbols of the highest rank reserved for the men of the aliʻi, the chiefly class of Hawai
Man Wearing Feather Cloak and Helmit (sic) attributed to Rembrandt Peale.
A Mahiole collected by Robert Gray in 1789
The Scarlet Hawaiian Honeycreeper or ʻIʻiwi.
A 200-year-old Mahiole alongside a feathered cape.