sence of King Kauikeaouli (Kamehameha III) and his
queen, Kalama, and by his successors since then down to the
times of Kalakaua. At the so-called "jubilee," the
anniversary of Kalakaua's fiftieth birthday, these
marionettes were very much in evidence.

The make-up and style of these ki'i are so similar that a
description of one will serve for all six. This marionette
represents the figure of a man, and was named _Maka-ku_ (pl.
IX). The head is carved out of some soft wood--either kukui
or wiliwili---which is covered, as to the hairy scalp, with a
dark woven fabric much like broadcloth. It is encircled at
the level of the forehead with a broad band of gilt braid, as
if to ape the style of a soldier. The median line from the
forehead over the vertex to the back-head is crested with the
_mahiole_ ridge. This, taken in connection with the
[Page 92] encircling gilt band, gives to the head a warlike appearance,
somewhat as if it were armed with the classical helmet, the
Hawaiian name for which is _mahi-ole_. The crest of the ridge
and its points of junction with the forehead and back-head
are decorated with fillets of wool dyed of a reddish color,
in apparent imitation of the _mamo_ or _o-o_, the birds whose
feathers were used in decorating helmets, cloaks, and other
regalia. The features are carved with some attempt at
fidelity. The eyes are set with mother-of-pearl.

The figure is of about one-third life size, and was
originally draped, the author was told, in a loose robe,
_holoku_ of tapa cloth of the sort known as _mahuna_, which
is quite thin. This piece of tapa is perforated at short
intervals with small holes, _kiko'i_. It is also stained with
the juice from the bark of the root of the kukui tree, which
imparts a color like that of copper, and makes the Hawaiians
class it as _pa'ikukui_. A portion of its former, its
original, apparel has been secured.

The image is now robed in a holoku of yellow cotton, beneath
which is an underskirt of striped silk in green and white.
The arms are loosely jointed to the body.

The performer in the hu