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A cloak of ʻiʻiwi red, with broad basal border, two spherical triangles and four semi-crescents of ʻōʻō yellow; the front narrow borders are also of yellow, while the neck band alternates red and yellow. The dimensions are: breadth 96 inches; depth at back, 48.5 inches; in front 43 inches; the base measures 144 inches. It was given to the late Commodore Lawrence Kearney, U. S. N., by Kamehameha III on the occasion of the Commodore's visit to Honolulu in 1843 on a diplomatic errand from the United States Government. It was afterwards an inheritance to the Commodore's son, and is now in the American Museum in New York. The feathers are much damaged although the red have suffered less than the ʻōʻō, and the net is visible in places especially on the lower part of the ahuula. No. 57 in the list of ahuula. Kauikeaouli must have valued the services of the distinguished officer very highly if we judge by this gift which at the time of presentation some seventy-five years before this photograph was taken must have been in prime order.