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This kāhili was named after Kekuʻiapoiwa, the mother of Kamehemeha the Great. 6,000 tail feathers, representing hundreds of Hawaiʻi ʻōʻō (Moho nobilis), were used to make this one kāhili.

The Hawaiʻi ʻōʻō is now extinct.

Bishop Museum, Honolulu, Hawaiʻi
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Kekuʻiapoiwa

Author David Eickhoff from Pearl City, Hawaii, USA

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