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http://tpo.tepapa.govt.nz/ViewTopicExhibitDetail.asp…# Kalaniopuu's cloak and helmet/ahuula and mahiole will be coming here............on a "permanent loan" ....what's your take?....oops sorry No Alii Bashers comments are allowed.....Kalaniopuu descendants/heirs exists including our families who descend from four (4) of his children: Kiwalao (k); Kalaipaihala (k); Manowa (w); and Puali Nui (w)....other Kalaniopuu descendants/heirs please contact theiolani@gmail.com Mahalo....

This cloak and helmet are the ones worn by Kalani'opu'u, a high chief on the island of Hawai'i,…
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a 1908 Version - from Russia:

Amazing story about the capes given by Kalaniopuu to Cook, 1908.

The Ahuula Garments of Kalaniopuu!

Given by the Chief to Captain Cook!

It is understood in Hawaii’s ancient history, before Captain Cook [Kapena Kuke] left Hawaii, on the 3rd of February, 1779, King Kalaniopuu gave a gift to Captain Cook some Ahuula and Ahu Mamo and feather mahiole headgear of Hawaii. After the ships of Captain Cook left Hawaii Island shortly after the death of that British Captain, the ships went and landed at Kamchatka, on the eastern shores of Siberia.

 And there, the boxes in which these chiefly treasures of Hawaii were placed were let down and totally forgotten. And as a result of a lucky accident, these boxes were carried without the knowledge of what the contents were to the royal city of Saint Petersburg, Russia and left in a dark and damp [kawakawau] room in a warehouse in the city.

Since then, as a result of a lucky accident [another!], the boxes were found and these precious treasures were discovered; and it was cared for in a Museum there. A high-ranking teacher from Saint Petersburg named Prof. Sirathonesky [Sviatlovsky] was the one who revealed this history while he was here in Hawaii. This Russian haole said that the ahuula are still whole. These Hawaiian royal gifts were sold by the British ship officers who sailed from Hawaii after the death of Captain Cook, and were kept in the hands of the government of Russia; and as a result of the sale by those British men to the officials of Russia at Eastern Siberia, they received food and other goods from the Russians.

It is said that The Russian  government agreed to swap one of these ahuula and ahu mamo with the museum of Mrs. Pauahi Bishop for some ancient treasures within that museum. And should this work out, then some of the ahu manu of King Kalaniopuu to Hawaii nei after the passing of 129 years.

[We often hear the term “ahuula,” or “ahu ula,” but notice here the use of the less common “ahu manu” (like Kaahumanu) and “ahu mamo”!]

(Kuokoa Home Rula, 2/28/1908, p. 2)

Na Kapa Ahu-ula a Kalaniopuu!

Kuokoa Home Rula, Buke VI, Helu 9, Aoao 2. Feberuari 28, 1908.  

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  • Miriam Kekupuohi dies, 1836.


    [Found under: “MAKE.”]

    Kailua, Hawaii, Feb. 9, 1836.

    Died here in Kailua was the chiefess named Miriama Kekupuohi, on the 8th of February. She belonged to the church for eight years, and she was one of the first converts of Kailua nei. She was not known to have any entanglements.

    She was very old, perhaps 80 years old. She was a wife of Kalaiopuu,* the chief when Lono [Captain Cook] came, in the first ship to arrive in Kaawaloa.

    O Brethren, very true are the words of James 4:14. “Whereas ye know not what shall be on the morrow. For what is your life? It is even a vapour, that appeareth for a little time, and then vanisheth away.”  By DANIELA.

    *Kalaiopuu was also known as Kaleiopuu and today is more commonly known as Kalaniopuu.

    (Kumu Hawaii, 3/16/1836, p. 24)

    Kailua, Hawaii...

    Ke Kumu Hawaii, Buke 2, Pepa 6, Aoao 24. Maraki 16, 1836.

      

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xyhDz3IGOGs  

    Hula Mano no Kalani'opu'u

  • Amelia Gora
    Amelia Gora http://tpo.tepapa.govt.nz/ViewTopicExhibitDetail.asp... It was gifted to the Aeteaoa Museum in 1912 by Lord St. Oswald who got it from his ancestor Charles Winn who got it from William Bullock who purchased it from collectors....
    Amelia Gora
    Amelia Gora http://nupepa-hawaii.com/.../amazing-story-about-the.../ from Russia
    NUPEPA-HAWAII.COM
    SUMMARY
    Appears that the two articles abov shows the history of Kalaniopuu's ahuula and mahiole.....the Chronological History is hereby posted:
                                                      The History of Kalaniopuu's Ahuula and Mahiole
                                                                                                        Compiled by Amelia Gora (2015)
    The following is the background of Kalaniopuu's worldly treasures:
    Kalaniʻōpuʻu-a-Kaiamamao
    Ali'i Nui of Kaʻū
    Aliʻi Aimoku of Hawaiʻi
    Born c. 1729
    Died April 1782
    Kāʻilikiʻi, WaioʻahukiniKaʻū
    Spouse Kalola Pupuka-o-Honokawailani
    Kalaiwahineuli
    Kamakolunuiokalani
    Mulehu
    Kānekapōlei
    Kekupuohi[1]
    Issue Kīwalaʻō
    Kalaipaihala
    Pualinui
    Keōua Kuahuʻula
    Keōua Peʻeale
    House House of Keawe
    Father Kalaninuiamamao
    Mother Kamakaimoku
    1779 -    Captain James Cook got the cape and helmet/ahuula and mahiole  from Kalaniopuu, Alii Nui of the Big Island.
    Captain James Cook
    Captainjamescookportrait.jpg
    James Cook, portrait by Nathaniel Dance-Hollandc. 1775National Maritime Museum,Greenwich
    Born 7 November [O.S. 27 October] 1728
    Marton (in present-dayMiddlesbroughYorkshire, England
    Died 14 February 1779 (aged 50)
    Kealakekua BayKingdom of Hawaii
    Nationality British
    Education Postgate School, Great Ayton
    Occupation Explorer, navigator, cartographer
    Title Captain
    Spouse(s) Elizabeth Batts
    Children James Cook, Nathaniel Cook, Elizabeth Cook, Joseph Cook, George Cook, Hugh Cook
    Parent(s) James Cook, Grace Pace
    Signature

    James Cook Signature.svg  

    1779 -  

    "After the ships of Captain Cook left Hawaii Island shortly after the death of that British Captain, the ships went and landed at Kamchatka, on the eastern shores of Siberia.

     And there, the boxes in which these chiefly treasures of Hawaii were placed were let down and totally forgotten. And as a result of a lucky accident, these boxes were carried without the knowledge of what the contents were to the royal city of Saint Petersburg, Russia and left in a dark and damp [kawakawau] room in a warehouse in the city.

    Since then, as a result of a lucky accident [another!], the boxes were found and these precious treasures were discovered; and it was cared for in a Museum there. A high-ranking teacher from Saint Petersburg named Prof. Sirathonesky [Sviatlovsky] was the one who revealed this history while he was here in Hawaii. This Russian haole said that the ahuula are still whole. These Hawaiian royal gifts were sold by the British ship officers who sailed from Hawaii after the death of Captain Cook, and were kept in the hands of the government of Russia; and as a result of the sale by those British men to the officials of Russia at Eastern Siberia, they received food and other goods from the Russians.

    It is said that The Russian  government agreed to swap one of these ahuula and ahu mamo with the museum of Mrs. Pauahi Bishop for some ancient treasures within that museum."

    Note:  From the Russians, the Russian government, there is a break as to who sold the ahuula and mahiole.  But the English had it thereafter.

    1806 - Leverian Museum, England, had the Ahuula and Mahiole and sold it to William Bullock of another London Museum.  Some of the items were given by Sir Joseph Banks.

    1819 - William Bullock sold to Private Collector Charles Winn.

    1912 -  93 years later, Charles Winn's grandson Second Baron St. Oswald gifted the Ahuula and Mahiole to "the Dominion of  New Zealand" whose Museum Director was Augustus Hamilton.

    2015 -  Aetearoa/New Zealand Museum has intentions of transferring both  ahuula and mahiole in care of the Bishop Museum.

    OHA/Office of Hawaiian Affairs intends to be the receiver of the gifts while looking for the descendants/heirs of Kalaniopuu.

    Kalaniopuu's descendants/heirs exists, some descending from one or two of his children; however, our families are the descendants/heirs of four (4) of his six (6) children.

    OHA/Office of Hawaiian Affairs, the entity State of Hawaii, an occupier are Not related to us.

    Kalaniopuu's descendants/heirs, please contact us at theiolani@gmail.com

    aloha.

    References 

    1. Jump up^ http://nupepa-hawaii.com/2015/07/24/miriam-kekupuohi-dies-1836/
    2. Jump up^ William De Witt Alexander (1891). A brief history of the Hawaiian people. American Book Co. pp. 104–116.
    3. Jump up^ "'ahu 'ula (Feathered cloak)". Museum of New Zealand web site. Retrieved 2009-07-19.
    4. Jump up^ "Mahiole (helmet)". Museum of New Zealand web site. Retrieved 2009-07-19.
    Preceded by
    Alii Kaiʻinamao Kalani-nui-i-a-mamao, 1st Aliʻi of Kau
    Aliʻi of Kaʻū
    ?–1782
    Succeeded by
    Kīwalaʻō
    Preceded by
    Alapaʻinuiakauaua
    Ruler of Hawaiʻi Island
    1754–1782
    Succeeded by
    Kīwalaʻō

     
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