Tales from Te Papa Episode 52: A Captain's Chiefly Gift

’ahu (feathered cape), 1800 ?, Hawaii. Maker unknown. Gift of Lord St Oswald, 1912. Te Papa

This 'ahu 'ula cloak was given to Captain Cook himself. Although it was a chiefly gift indeed, it did not protect him from his fate.

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