- as well as to make papa kuʻi ʻai (poi boards), weapons, tool handles,
hohoa (round kapa beaters), and kiʻi (statues and idols).
Although the
trunk of...
- It is then laid on a kua kūkū (polished
stone tablet) and
beaten with a
hōhoa (rounded beater).
After the
first phase of beating, the kapa is transferred...
- (octopuses). Ihe paheʻe (javelins), ihe (spears), ʻōʻō (digging sticks),
hohoa (round kapa beaters) ʻiʻe kūkū (square kapa beaters), ʻūkēkē (musical bows)...
- (daggers), ihe (short spears), pololū (long spears), ʻōʻō (digging sticks),
hohoa (round kapa, beaters) ʻiʻe kūkū (square kapa beaters),
leiomano (shark tooth...
- wood is unknown. It is
believed to have been used in pou (house posts),
hohoa (round kapa beaters), ʻiʻe kūkū (square kapa beaters), ʻō (harpoons), hiʻa...
- and the
native plants used to dye the cloth, as well as
carving her own
hōhoa, the kapa
beaters used to
crush the
plant fibers. Tanahy's work has been...
-
LeVan Sequiera, a Maui
woodworker and
canoe builder, to
research and
craft hōhoa, the
wooden beaters used for
softening and
spreading the
fiber of the bark...
