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Liloa's Kāʻei
Līloa's Kāei ''(Liloa's Sash)'' or Kāei Kapu o Liloa ''(the sacred sash of Līloa)'' is the sacred feathered sash of Līloa, king of the Big Island of Hawaii. The Statue of Kamehameha the Great, commissioned by King Kalākaua, displayed the kāei.〔(King Kamehameha )〕
This kāei is believed to have been made for Liloa, the high chief of the island of Hawaii. He reigned from about 1455 to 1485. His successor was his eldest son Hakau, but the kāei passed to his second son, Umi-a-Līloa, born to a lower ranking mother. The sash could have been the same one that Liloa had given to Umi's mother for the future time when they would reunite, this story is similar to that of Theseus. Hākau was a despotic ruler and in 1490 was overthrown by Umi. Then, for three generations, there is no mention of the kāei.
In the mid to late 17th century, Liloa's great-great-great-granddaughter Keakealaniwahine, daughter of Keakamāhana, the highest ranking chiefess of Hawaii, was in possession of the kāei. She ceremonially dressed her grandsons, Kalaninuiamamao and Keeaumoku, in it - signifying that they were of the highest chiefly kapu (sacredness). Again, the kāei falls into obscurity, but records indicate that the kāei was handed down from Kamehameha the Great, to Kamehameha III, to Queen Kalama, to King Lunalilo. After Lunalilo’s death, it was in the possession Lunalilo's father, Charles Kanaina. After Kanaina’s death, it was claimed by King Kalākaua. He bequeathed it to his sister Liliuokalani, who later gave it to the Bernice P. Bishop Museum making this one of the oldest family heirlooms in Hawaiian history in existence.〔(Hawaii Alive | Realms: Wao Lani )〕 The validity of its age was proven in 2007 when researchers from the University of Kent were able to date feathers that had previously fallen out of this kāei but were being kept for conservation. The study carbon-dated the feathers from the kāei to a date range of 1406 to 1450 A.D.〔(Hawaii Alive: Kā‘ei kapu o Līloa )〕
This amazing piece of iiwi and ōō feathers (with some mamo) is extremely delicate. Based on examination of photographs reproduced in books, the kāei appears to be a base of olonā) covered with a broad red center stripe running its entire length, occasionally crossed by bands of yellow featherwork. The edges appear to be primarily mamo, with some sections in ee (the yellow feathers of the ōō). A row of human teeth hangs from the lower edge of a horizontal band of ee. At the bottom edge a section is decorated with alternating rows of human teeth and rosettes or clusters of small fish teeth. This section appears to be bordered with mamo feathers. Probably the sections were added at later and separate dates, the human teeth being those of people whose mana was wanted to increase that of the kāei. One reason for the obscurity of the kāei could be that they were so sacred. The few kāei mentioned in legend were closely guarded to prevent them being viewed by the wrong people. For the unentitled to see, let alone touch, a kāei was death. Possibly one reason for the rarity and exceptional sacredness of the kāei is this unusually great mana. Even today, often items of personal use are considered to be kapu to their owner. In many hālau hula, it is forbidden to borrow someone else's instruments or costumes. So, to wear such a personal garment is to claim a direct link to the mana and fertility of the owner. In other words, to claim descent, either genealogical or spiritual. As mana could be dissipated and lost through careless use and dispersal, such a powerful garment would require great solicitude in its use and display.〔(culture, arts, religion, lifestyle, hula of Hawaii )〕
== References ==
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