Keywords: Kekauluohi (4442.055).jpg en Kekāuluohi Sketched by A T Agate; engraved by Welch and Walter Charles Wilkes described the encounter in his Narrative of the United States Exploring Expedition p 4 <blockquote>The person who attracted our attention most was Kekauluohi This lady is upwards of six feet in height; her frame is exceedingly large and well covered with fat She was dressed in yellow silk with enormously large gigot sleeves and wore on her head a tiara of beautiful yellow feathers interspersed with a few of a scarlet colour Above the feathers appeared a large tortoise-shell comb that confined her straight black hair Her shoulders were covered with a richly embroidered shawl of scarlet crape She sat in a large arm-chair over which was thrown a robe made of the same kind of yellow feathers as decked her tiara Her feet were encased in white cotton stockings and men s shoes She was altogether one of the most remarkable-looking personages I have ever seen </blockquote> http //www davidrumsey com/luna/servlet/detail/RUMSEY~8~1~32625~1151995 David Rumsey Map Collection Sketched by Creator Alfred Thomas Agate Engraved by Welch and Walter drawn 1838 1842 published 1845 PD-old-100 Kekāuluohi Hawaii in the 1840s United States Exploring Expedition Alfred Thomas Agate |