[Found under: “NA MEA HOU O HAWAII NEI.”]
Stone Image [Akua Kii] of the olden days.—We have recently seen a stone image of a stone god of Hawaii nei, from ancient times. It is said that it is one of the famous kupua of Manoa. It is three feet tall, and has a lei around its neck; it is finely carved, and its appearance is similar to that of Hawaiians. It was taken however to Kahuku by R. Moffitt, Esq. [R. Mofita Esq.], perhaps as a companion to the kii that is at his place, whose name is Kioi. For that gentleman has a liking for curiosities [mea kupanaha].
[Might anyone know what became of this collection?]
(Kuokoa, 5/2/1863, p. 2)
Ka Nupepa Kuokoa, Buke II, Helu 18, Aoao 2. Mei 2, 1863.
nupepa 
The lei around the neck was by others interpreted as a Spanish hut (in the 1880s). I do not know which interpretation prevails nowadays. The object, together with another one, has a complex history: Follows a quote, translated to English, so no current Hawaiian spelling. “Both idols came into the possession of Mr. Robert Mossitt in the mid-1850s Steney, who had them brought to Kahaka (Oahu) and set up in front of his apartment. Mr. Mossitt died in 1873, and Kahaka became the property of old Judge Wiedemann, who sold it to Mr. Campbell in 1880, but excluded the two idols from the sale and gave it away to Consul General Pflüger. In July 1881 they were sent to Honolulu and then brought to Bremen, where they were installed in Pflüger’s garden in 1884.” Pflüger was the Hawaiian General Consul for Germany. After he died, the object went to the Museum of Ethnology in Berlin.
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