Ka Wai Ola - Office of Hawaiian Affairs, Volume 10, Number 2, 1 February 1993 — Bishop Museum displays Queen's artifacts [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

Bishop Museum displays Queen's artifacts

More than 50 personal items of Queen Lili'uokalani are being displayed at Bishop Museum in an exhibition titled "Lili'u

Kamaka'eha: Queen Lili'uokalani, The Last Reigning Monarch of Hawai'i." They are exhibited in a case in the muse-

um's Hawaiian Hall whieh recreates her room as it probably was in her time. A desk holds her Bible, books, diaries, Hawaiian poetry, sheet music and smoking pipe. Her sewing and crocheting materials are on a table shelf. Her coronation gown and favorite jewelry are displayed on a mannequin. Gloves lie on the chair close to her parasol, and slippers wait under the table. Also displayed are Hawaiian heirlooms handed down to her by her ali'i ancestors: hand kāhili, calabashes, an 'ie'ie basket with shells and pebbles, a fan, a lei hulu, and a Ni'ihau shell lei. A Hawaiian flag quilt hangs on the wall, and two standing kāhili on either side of

the case mark the Queen's chiefly presence. All objects in the display, many of them rarely exhibited, are from the collections of the Bishop Museum. Most are from the Queen's Estate, whieh was transferred to the museum in 1910, and from her bequest, whieh was transferred to the museum four years after her death in 1917.

Other objects are from the eollection of Lahilahi Webb, who was a eompanion to the Queen in her later years and a member of the museum staff from the 1920s to the 1940s. Bishop Museum is open daily from 9 a.m. - 5 p.m. Admission is $7.95 for adults and $6.95 for children 6-17, seniors, and military. For more information, eall 847-3511

Pictured are some of Queen Lili'uokalani's personal items on display at Bishop Museum.

Queen Lili'uokalani's coronation gown is on display through February in Bishop Museum's Hawaiian Hall.