Hawaiian woman wearing a feather leis, 18th century. Artist: John Webber Stock Photohttps://www.alamy.com/licenses-and-pricing/?v=1https://www.alamy.com/hawaiian-woman-wearing-a-feather-leis-18th-century-artist-john-webber-image262744272.html
RMW7D100–Hawaiian woman wearing a feather leis, 18th century. Artist: John Webber
. Memoirs of the Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum of Polynesian Ethnology and Natural History. Natural history; Ethnology. FEATHER LEIS. A /r/was a ver' primitive form of personal decoration. Aiiioiig tlie Hawaiiaiis the favorite form was a necklace of the fragrant fruits of the screw pine,—the Inliala *'he leihahi oe ma ka ai o ka poe naaiiao—thou art a hahi necklace about the neck of the wise," well expressed tlie native estimation of this ornament. When made of feathers the name could hardly l)e translated necklace, for the lei of feathers was as often worn in the hair and about the head Stock Photohttps://www.alamy.com/licenses-and-pricing/?v=1https://www.alamy.com/memoirs-of-the-bernice-pauahi-bishop-museum-of-polynesian-ethnology-and-natural-history-natural-history-ethnology-feather-leis-a-rwas-a-ver-primitive-form-of-personal-decoration-aiiioiig-tlie-hawaiiaiis-the-favorite-form-was-a-necklace-of-the-fragrant-fruits-of-the-screw-pinethe-inliala-he-leihahi-oe-ma-ka-ai-o-ka-poe-naaiiaothou-art-a-hahi-necklace-about-the-neck-of-the-wisequot-well-expressed-tlie-native-estimation-of-this-ornament-when-made-of-feathers-the-name-could-hardly-le-translated-necklace-for-the-lei-of-feathers-was-as-often-worn-in-the-hair-and-about-the-head-image237963042.html
RMRR4482–. Memoirs of the Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum of Polynesian Ethnology and Natural History. Natural history; Ethnology. FEATHER LEIS. A /r/was a ver' primitive form of personal decoration. Aiiioiig tlie Hawaiiaiis the favorite form was a necklace of the fragrant fruits of the screw pine,—the Inliala *'he leihahi oe ma ka ai o ka poe naaiiao—thou art a hahi necklace about the neck of the wise," well expressed tlie native estimation of this ornament. When made of feathers the name could hardly l)e translated necklace, for the lei of feathers was as often worn in the hair and about the head
. Memoirs of the Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum of Polynesian Ethnology and Natural History. Natural history; Ethnology. FEATHER (lAlAKS AND CAPIiS. 53 so tlic chief who killed or captured his eiieni^v took as spuils liis leather cloak, helmet or lei. It then became a troph v and a thing to l)e (lisi)laxMl <.!i public uccasioiis to llie conqueror's fellows, and this use is still retained, in a iiii»dilit'd tV.rin, amoiio- the Hawaiiaiis. In the latest royal iimcral,- that of llie lamented lva|)io]a,ni, widow of Kalakaua, feather eapes w^ere dis])la3'e(l to mark rank, if not a more bloody- co Stock Photohttps://www.alamy.com/licenses-and-pricing/?v=1https://www.alamy.com/memoirs-of-the-bernice-pauahi-bishop-museum-of-polynesian-ethnology-and-natural-history-natural-history-ethnology-feather-lalaks-and-capiis-53-so-tlic-chief-who-killed-or-captured-his-eiieniv-took-as-spuils-liis-leather-cloak-helmet-or-lei-it-then-became-a-troph-v-and-a-thing-to-le-lisilaxml-lt!i-public-uccasioiis-to-llie-conquerors-fellows-and-this-use-is-still-retained-in-a-iiiidilitd-tvrin-amoiio-the-hawaiiaiis-in-the-latest-royal-iimcral-that-of-llie-lamented-lvaio-ani-widow-of-kalakaua-feather-eapes-were-dis-la3el-to-mark-rank-if-not-a-more-bloody-co-image237962276.html
RMRR438M–. Memoirs of the Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum of Polynesian Ethnology and Natural History. Natural history; Ethnology. FEATHER (lAlAKS AND CAPIiS. 53 so tlic chief who killed or captured his eiieni^v took as spuils liis leather cloak, helmet or lei. It then became a troph v and a thing to l)e (lisi)laxMl <.!i public uccasioiis to llie conqueror's fellows, and this use is still retained, in a iiii»dilit'd tV.rin, amoiio- the Hawaiiaiis. In the latest royal iimcral,- that of llie lamented lva|)io]a,ni, widow of Kalakaua, feather eapes w^ere dis])la3'e(l to mark rank, if not a more bloody- co
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