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.
John Webber
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John Webber was an English artist who accompanied Captain Cook on his third Pacific expedition. He is best known for his images of Australasia, Hawaii and Alaska.
'A Chief of the Sandwich Islands' (oil), 1787, National Library of Australia
'Abbey Mill, Shrewsbury' (oil)
John Webber's woman from Eaoo