Ka Wai Ola - Office of Hawaiian Affairs, 1 September 1983 — Liliuokalani Portrait: A Gift toOHA [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]
Liliuokalani Portrait: A Gift toOHA
Aunty Lydia Namahanaikaleleokalani Taylor Maioho, Curator of the Royal Mausoleum and Jalna Keala, OH A Community Resource Coordinator, unveil a portrait of Queen Liliuokalani during presentation ceremonies at the OHA office. Aunty Lydia, a member of OHA's Culture Committee, presented the life size portrait to the OHA Board of Trustees during the September Board meeting. The historic photograph was given to Aunty Lydia by the family of an old friend who passed away. It was restored and framed in koa by two other Culture Committee members, Oahu artists Ipo and Kunani
Nihipali. The drape used to cover the portrait was an Hawaiian heirloom tapa loaned by the Kruse family of Kaua'i and Honolulu.