Ka Wai Ola - Office of Hawaiian Affairs, Volume 9, Number 6, 1 June 1992 — Kaikainahaole family quilts on exhibit [ARTICLE]

Kaikainahaole family quilts on exhibit

The Kaikainahaole Family Quilts is an exhibition of 21 Hawaiian quilts from three generations of the John Williams Kaikainahaole family. The exhibition features quilts collected and designed by men, including John W. Kaikainahaole I (d,1897), his son John W. Kaikainahaole Jr. (1897-1958) and grandson John W. Kaikainahaole III of Kane'ohe. The exhibition includes family photographs, oral histories and other memorabilia recording the family's work in collecting, designing and creating Hawaiian quilts since 1860. The exhibition is open Tuesday-Saturday from 9 a.m.-4 p.m.; and Sunday from 12-4 p.m. June 6 through July 26. Admission is $4.50 for adults; and $1 for youths (age 6-15). Also fea-

tured are guided tours of the exhibit, quilting demonstrations and Hawaiian quilting classes. Call the Mission Houses Museum at 5310481 for further information. Descended from Hawaiian chief Kahekili of Maui, the Kaikainahaole family maintained a family compound in the vicinity of Kawaiaha'o Church and the Mission Houses in Honolulu from the late 1840s until about 1900. Many of the quilts on exhibit were appliqued or quilted by family members including Dora Kaikainahaole (Mrs. John III), Harriet Kahapalua K. Waiolama, Esther Kealoha K. Leong (19261970), Lydia Koolau K. Kaopuiki (1919-1974) and Hattie Schutte Kaikainahaole (1894-1958) (Mrs. John Jr.)