Nihoa and Mokumanamana (Necker) Islands are part of the northwestern Hawaiian island chain. Both contain archeological remains such as terraces; platforms; and large, upright stones. In 1857, King Kamehameha IV annexed Nihoa and Mokumanumanu into the Hawaiian kingdom. Twenty-eight years later, his daughter Princess (later Queen) Liliuokalani, and 200 others took an exploratory visit to Nihoa. The Queen brought back a carved basalt bowl that she collected on the island. This bowl was one of many reminders of the people living on Nihoa centuries before, yet little else of the islands’ histories was known at that time.