 Complete the following phrase:  Tahiti was ruled by native kings and one queen of the Pōmare dynasty from 1788 to 1880, when the last monarch, Pōmare V, ceded his country to France. Details from the coronation ritual of Pōmare II, second King of Tahiti 1791, have been preserved. The rite centered upon the maro ura, a sacred girdle symbolizing Pōmares status and power, composed of yellow and red feathers, five yards long by fifteen inches wide. Black feathers bordered the garments top and bottom. This robe also contained the auburn hair of Richard Skinner, one of the 