Lot 459
Princess Victoria Kamamalu, Land Document Signed "V. Kamamalu" and her father "M. Kekuanaoa", written in Hawaiian and attested in Honolulu Registrars Office August 19, 1863, Official Royal Stamp imprint, Very Fine.Estimate $1,000 - 1,500.
A RARE LAND DOCUMENT SIGNED BY BOTH PRINCESS KAMAMALU AND HER FATHER KEKUANAOA.
Victoria Kamamalu Kaahumanu IV (1838-1866), was Kuhina Nui of Hawaii as Ka'ahumanu IV, and its crown princess. She was daughter of Kinau and Kekuanoa, and sister of both Kamehameha IV and Kamehameha V. Princess Victoria was appointed as Heiress-Apparent and crown princess by her brother king Kamehameha V in 1863. She would have become queen of Hawaii upon her brother's death, but she predeceased him.
Mataio Kekuanao'a (1791-1868) descended from the high chiefs of the island of Oahu. His first name is the Hawaiian form of Matthew. Kekuanao'a translates as "the standing protection" in Hawaiian. He was the Royal Governor of Oahu 1839-64. On December 21, 1863 he was made the sixth Kuhina Nui, replacing his daughter who became Crown Princess and heir apparent to the throne. He also served as a member of the House of Nobles from 1841-68, Privy Council 1845-69, and as President of the Board of Education from 1860. In 1866, Mark Twain wrote of Mataio Kekuanao'a: "[A] man of noble presence." and "[S]eemingly natural and fitted to the place as if he had been born to it…".
Realized: $2,200