Liloa's Kāʻei

The sash could have been the same one that Liloa had given to ʻUmi's mother for the future time when they would reunite, this story is similar to that of Theseus.

In the mid to late 17th century, Liloa's great-great-great-granddaughter Keakealaniwahine, daughter of Keakamāhana, the highest ranking chiefess of Hawaiʻi, was in possession of the kāʻei.

He bequeathed it to his sister Liliʻuokalani, who later gave it to the Bernice P. Bishop Museum making this one of the oldest family heirlooms in Hawaiian history in existence.

[2] The validity of its age was proven in 2007 when researchers from the University of Kent were able to date feathers that had previously fallen out of this kāʻei but were being kept for conservation.

Probably the sections were added at later and separate dates, the human teeth being those of people whose mana was wanted to increase that of the kāʻei.

As mana could be dissipated and lost through careless use and dispersal, such a powerful garment would require great solicitude in its use and display.