Ka Wai Ola - Office of Hawaiian Affairs, 1 Kepakemapa 1983 — Liliuokalani Portrait: A Gift toOHA [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

Kōkua No ke kikokikona ma kēia Kolamu

Liliuokalani Portrait: A Gift toOHA

Aunty Lydia Namahanaikaleleokalani Taylor Maioho, Curator of the Royal Mausoleum and Jalna Keala, OH A Community Resource Coordinator, unveil a portrait of Queen Liliuokalani during presentation ceremonies at the OHA office. Aunty Lydia, a member of OHA's Culture Committee, presented the life size portrait to the OHA Board of Trustees during the September Board meeting. The historic photograph was given to Aunty Lydia by the family of an old friend who passed away. It was restored and framed in koa by two other Culture Committee members, Oahu artists Ipo and Kunani

Nihipali. The drape used to cover the portrait was an Hawaiian heirloom tapa loaned by the Kruse family of Kaua'i and Honolulu.