Bishop Museum

The Bishop Museum will hire a conservator to repair and stabilize five Hawaiian feathered helmets (mahiole), and two feathered images (ki'i hulu manu) that have become increasingly fragile and cannot be handled, studied or displayed in their current condition. The mahiole and ki'i hulu manu were symbols of rank, status and spiritual authority for ali'i (chiefly individuals). These objects are uniquely Hawaiian. Their proper restoration furthers the museum's objective to tell the cultural and natural history of the Hawaiian Islands and the Pacific.