Wooing of Umia and Piikea1914

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Title: Wooing of Umia and Piikea
Culture: Hawaiian
Place Made: Kingdom of Hawai'i (annexed by United States), O'ahu, Honolulu, Waikiki Beach
Date Made: 1914
Medium: Gelatin silver print
Dimensions: Primary support: 4 × 6 in. (10.16 × 15.24 cm)
Credit Line: Partial gift of Mark and Carolyn Blackburn and purchased with funds from LACMA's 50th Anniversary Gala and FIJI Water
Accession Number: M.2015.33.1276
Classification: Photographs
Collecting Area: Art of the Pacific
Curatorial Notes: This could be a reinactment of the courtship between Pi'ikea Lani o Maui (of Maui), the royal daughter of great Pi'ilani of Maui and her first husband, ʻUmi-a-Līloa, King of Hawai'i (ulukau.org).

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Title: Wooing of Umia and Piikea
Culture: Hawaiian
Place Made: Kingdom of Hawai'i (annexed by United States), O'ahu, Honolulu, Waikiki Beach
Date Made: 1914
Medium: Gelatin silver print
Dimensions: Primary support: 4 × 6 in. (10.16 × 15.24 cm)
Credit Line: Partial gift of Mark and Carolyn Blackburn and purchased with funds from LACMA's 50th Anniversary Gala and FIJI Water
Accession Number: M.2015.33.1276
Classification: Photographs
Collecting Area: Art of the Pacific
Curatorial Notes: This could be a reinactment of the courtship between Pi'ikea Lani o Maui (of Maui), the royal daughter of great Pi'ilani of Maui and her first husband, ʻUmi-a-Līloa, King of Hawai'i (ulukau.org).