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Title
Boki & Liliha
Reference
PP-96-2-002
Description
  • Series - PP
  • Box # - 96
  • Folder # - 2
  • Image # - 002
  • Title - Boki & Liliha
  • Description - Ornaments - Hayter's painting of Boki and Liliha is fine example of Hawaiians in native costume. Liliha wears neck ornament of braided human hair with pendant of ivory (lei niho palaoa). Boki wears feather cloak, helmet.; Bis. Mus.; University of Hawaii, Committee for the Preservation of Hawaiian Language and Culture; [from the front]: BOKI. Governor of Wahu of the Sandwich Islands. And His Wife. LILIHA.
  • Photo Credit - Hayter, John
  • Gift Of - University of Hawaii; Committee for the Preservation of Hawaiian Language and Culture
  • Negative Number - 30,179; PC 140-A; HC 140-A
  • Display Date - 1824 September
  • Start Date - 09/01/1824
  • End Date - 09/31/1924
  • Contributed Metadata -
    Description: Liliha wears a lei niho palaoa, made of braided human hair with an ivory pendant, and feather lei hulu on her head. Boki wears a feather cloak and mahiole or helmet. Drawing by English artist John Hayter (1800-1895). Keywords: Royalty Title: Boki, 1787-1830? and Liliha, ca. 1800-1839. Date: 1824 Photographer: Hayter, John, 1800-1895.
ID
ark:70111/1Dvm
Level
Record
Parent ID
ark:70111/0k4X
Start Date
1824-09-01
End date
1924-09-30
Closure Type
Open
Open/Closed
true
Closure Status
Open document, open description