Hawaiian feathered helmet (mahiole)
18th century · Resource
A Hawaiian feathered helmet ('mahiole') reserved for high-ranking chiefs. Examples were exchanged with Captain Cook's expedition, marking Hawaii's first sustained contact with Europe.
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Around 1775
- Seven Years' War (1756)
- Presidency of George Washington (1789)
- Industrial Revolution (1760)
- American Declaration of Independence (1776)
- American Revolution (1765)
- Greek War of Independence (1821)
- Haitian Revolution (1791)
- Jacobite rising of 1745 (1745)
- Beethoven's Symphony No. 9 (Choral) (1824)
- French Revolution (1789)