article_snippet.sent: A museum in Hawaii is preparing to open a treasure-trove of artifacts from the shipwreck of a royal yacht sunk off the coast of Kauai Kauai 191 years ago.
article_snippet.sent: Artifacts that belonged to the second king of Hawaii but that sunk on a ship in 1824 are now being returned to Kauai and will go on display at A museum in Hawaii.
article_snippet.sent: Seen here is  a cupid furniture mount that belonged to King Kamehameha II, aka Liholiho .
article_snippet.sent: Sunken: This image provided by the Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of American History  shows a diagram of the wreckage of the stern of the ship belonging to King Kamehameha II .
article_snippet.sent: We did We homework and this find is invaluable because it all belonged to King Kamehameha II.
article_snippet.sent: Rogers said King Kamehameha II's belongings were buried in 10 feet of water and 10 feet of sand.
article_snippet.sent: A sampling of Hawaiian artifacts found in the wreckage.
article_snippet.sent: Paul F. Johnston, Ph.D., Curator of Maritime History at the National Museum of American History Smithsonian Institution represent the only known objects from the short but intense reign of Kamehameha II, the man who abolished the Hawaiian kapu (taboo) socio-cultural system and allowed Christian missionaries into the kingdom.
article_snippet.sent: Pictured here is a gunpowder flask found in the wreckage of a ship belonging to King Kamehameha II . '
article_snippet.sent: a gunpowder flask found in the wreckage of a ship belonging to King Kamehameha II only reigned from 1819 -1824, but Old Hawaii changed forever and irrevocably from the changes a gunpowder flask found in the wreckage of a ship belonging to King Kamehameha II put into place during that short period.
article_snippet.sent: a gunpowder flask found in the wreckage of a ship belonging to King Kamehameha II was an important member of our nation's only authentic royalty,' Johnston said.
article_snippet.sent: The State of Old Hawaii owns the artifacts and loaned the artifacts to the Smithsonian for conservation and study.
article_snippet.sent: a gunpowder flask found in the wreckage of a ship belonging to King Kamehameha II findings were in the custody of the Smithsonian from the time of their recovery, with the exception of some artifacts going to the Underwater Conservation Lab at Texas A&M University.