The Overthrow of the Kingdom of Hawaiʻi by the United States began on January 17, 1893.
The Hawaiian Islands were under a Provisional Government from then until July 4, 1894, when we became The Republic of Hawaiʻi.
The Republic of Hawaiʻi lasted until April 30, 1900, when we became the Territory of Hawaiʻi.
Necker Island (now Mokumanamana, as weʻve learned) was annexed and became part of the Provisional Government of Hawaiʻi on May 27, 1894, 126 years ago today. An Annexation Party traveled to Mokumanamana, leaving Honolulu on board the SS Iwalani on May 25, 1894. The Iwalani was one of three steamships owned and operated by Inter-Island Steam Navigation, the other two being the SS James Makee, and the SS Helene.
A screenshot from the Journal of the Polynesian Society, v3, 1894, p153, of an account published in the Pacific Commercial Advertiser, May 30, 1894:
The Proclamation
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| Pacific Commercial Advertiser, May 30, 1894 |
Apparently not much is know of the "idols"; their origin, their purpose(s), etc. Hereʻs the head of one in the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York.
(Again, the spelling Hawaiʻian...)
Mystifying, to say the least, but bearing a resemblance to works from Marquesas.
And the day is bright and warm. Outside I go.
As always, with aloha,
BobbyC
maniniowali@gmail.com
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