Ka Wai Ola - Office of Hawaiian Affairs, Volume 32, Number 11, 1 November 2015 — OHA RECEIVES TRADITIONAL FEATHER CLOAK [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

OHA RECEIVES TRADITIONAL FEATHER CLOAK

On Oct. 8, the King Kamehameha Hawaiian Civic Club gave an 'ahu'ula (feather eloak) its members made in 1975 to the Office of Hawaiian Affairs. The eloak, whieh is over 40 years old was the first of its kind made since 1 81 7. A reproduction of the eloak that Kamehameha III gave to Commodore James Lawrence Kearney, the eloak was described as "a living symbol of Hawaiian culture and arts that are not dead," by Walter V. Rodenhurst III, first president of the King Kamehameha Civic Club who began the feather project in '75. Pictured left to right: OHA Trustee and KKHCC civic club member John Waihe'e, Treasurer lsaiah "Ike" Ka'aihue, Trustees Dan Ahuna, Rowena Akana, Peter Apo, and Carmen Hulu Lindsey, OHA Ka Pouhana Kamana'opono Crabbe, KKHCC associate member Aunty Madaline Lum, former club president Aunty Gladys Shiroma, founder and club associate member Aunty Gladys Evalani Rodenhurst, board member Alex "Alika" Ogden, former club president Sheldonaire "Shelly" Ha'o-Tamon, OHA Chair Robert Lindsey, Trustee Colette Machado, club board member Brutus "Ke'aka" La Benz, Trustee Haunani Apoliona and club board members Wayne "Waialama" Tanaka and Nelson Gaspar. - Photo: Francine Murray