Lei hulu
Left:
Lei hulu, Feathered garland (Kāmoe Style)
Lei is fashioned from the red feathers from ʻiʻiwi (Drepanis coccinea) and yellow feathers from ʻōʻō (Moho spp.)* with yarn core and black ties.
It belongs to the Bishop Museum's founder Charles Reed Bishop (1822–1915).
Right:
Lei hulu, Feathered garland (ʻOni or ʻŌniu Style)
Lei is fashioned from the red feathers from ʻiʻiwi (Drepanis coccinea) and black and yellow feathers from ʻōʻō (Moho spp.)* in a spiraling style sometimes called ʻoni or ʻōniu.
Queen Emma (1836–1885) is believed to have gifted this lei to the great-grandmother of Wilmer C. Morris and Charles Everett Morris, who donated it to the Bishop Museum.
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* All species of four Moho (Mohoidae), an endemic genus, are now extinct.
Lei hulu
Left:
Lei hulu, Feathered garland (Kāmoe Style)
Lei is fashioned from the red feathers from ʻiʻiwi (Drepanis coccinea) and yellow feathers from ʻōʻō (Moho spp.)* with yarn core and black ties.
It belongs to the Bishop Museum's founder Charles Reed Bishop (1822–1915).
Right:
Lei hulu, Feathered garland (ʻOni or ʻŌniu Style)
Lei is fashioned from the red feathers from ʻiʻiwi (Drepanis coccinea) and black and yellow feathers from ʻōʻō (Moho spp.)* in a spiraling style sometimes called ʻoni or ʻōniu.
Queen Emma (1836–1885) is believed to have gifted this lei to the great-grandmother of Wilmer C. Morris and Charles Everett Morris, who donated it to the Bishop Museum.
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* All species of four Moho (Mohoidae), an endemic genus, are now extinct.