Ka Wai Ola - Office of Hawaiian Affairs, Volume 17, Number 7, 1 July 2000 — Hulu aliʻi [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

Hulu aliʻi

Master featherworfeer Mary Louise Kekuewa and her family have helped guide the revival of traditional featherwork through lei, hāhili and 'ahu (shouIder capes). "Hulu ali'i" (royal feathers), onee solely the insignia of Hawaiian artistocrats,

continue as an inteoraI part of Hawaiian

culture. This month, we celebrates traditional featherwork via Hawaiian societies, the Kekuewa family feather business in Kapahulu, and the recordsetting purchase of a 19th century 'ahu

at a Sotheby s auction.

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