This emerald-and-garnet necklace is fit for a queen. But the story of how it traveled through the hands of as many as three queens (and possibly a czar) has local museum experts hunting through history.
The Honolulu Museum of Art’s newest exhibit, “Ho‘oulu Hawai‘i: The King Kalākaua Era” includes kingdom telephones, photographs, textiles, royal orders, jewelry from ali‘i collections and more.
The weekend-long festival was held Friday, June 8, through Sunday, June 10, in Waikīkī, and showcased nearly 100 different performance groups and organizations from around the Pacific.