Lā'au Hawai'i

Lā'au Hawai'i

Author: Isabella Aiona Abbott

Publisher:

Published: 1992

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9780930897628

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This classic, award-winning book provides the first comprehensive description of Hawaiian traditions of plant use. Topics include not only food, but clothing, cordage, shelter, canoes, tools, housewares, medicines, religious objects, weaponry, personal adornment, and recreation.


Kāhuna Lāʻau Lapaʻau

Kāhuna Lāʻau Lapaʻau

Author: June Gutmanis

Publisher:

Published: 2013

Total Pages: 216

ISBN-13:

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"Hawaiian herbal medicine, as practiced by the ancient Hawaiians, is emerging as a popular alternative to traditional medical practices today. This book provides ancient remedies for such ailments as headache, sore throat, insomnia, disorders in women, general loss of energy, as well as remedies for mending broken bones and insect bites."--Page 4 of cover.


Plants in Hawaiian Culture

Plants in Hawaiian Culture

Author: Beatrice Krauss

Publisher: University of Hawaii Press

Published: 1993-10-31

Total Pages: 346

ISBN-13: 9780824812256

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This book is intended as a general introduction to the ethnobotany of the Hawaiians and as such it presumes, on the part of the reader, little background in either botany or Hawaiian ethnology. It describes the plants themselves, whether cultivated or brought from the forests, streams, or ocean, as well as the modes of cultivation and collection. It discusses the preparation and uses of the plant materials, and the methods employed in building houses and making canoes, wearing apparel, and the many other artifacts that were part of the material culture associated with this farming and fishing people.


Fornander Collection of Hawaiian Antiquities and Folk-lore ...

Fornander Collection of Hawaiian Antiquities and Folk-lore ...

Author: Thomas George Thrum

Publisher:

Published: 1919

Total Pages: 256

ISBN-13:

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Literature collection of Hawaiian antiquities, legends, traditions, mele, and genealogies that were gathered by Abraham Fornander, S. M. Kamakau, J. Kepelino, S. N. Haleole and others. The original collection of manuscripts was purchased from the Fornander estate following his death in 1887 by Charles R. Bishop for preservation, and became part of the Bishop Musem collection. The papers were published from 1916-1919 as volume IV, V, and VI of the series Memoirs of the Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum of Polynesian Ethnology and Natural History. The manuscripts were translated, revised and edited by Dr. W. D. Alexander and Thomas G. Thrum.


The Hawaiian Calabash

The Hawaiian Calabash

Author: Irving Jenkins

Publisher: Editions, Limited

Published: 1989

Total Pages: 296

ISBN-13:

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The book traces the history of traditional Hawaiian containers, called "calabashes," made of wood, gourd, coconut, and fiber. The most containers were carved from kou. The book contains photographs of the various types of calabashes with captions and detailed narratives concerning the artistic traditions used.