Lā'au Hawai'i

Lā'au Hawai'i
Author: Isabella Aiona Abbott
Publisher:
Total Pages: 0
Release: 1992
Genre: Ethnobotany
ISBN: 9780930897628

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:
Total Pages: 216
Release: 2013
Genre: Botany, Medical
ISBN:

"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
Total Pages: 346
Release: 1993-10-31
Genre: Nature
ISBN: 9780824812256

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.

Hawaiian Legends of Volcanoes (mythology)

Hawaiian Legends of Volcanoes (mythology)
Author: W. D. Westervelt
Publisher: Good Press
Total Pages: 262
Release: 2022-01-17
Genre: Fiction
ISBN:

The first part of this book focuses on the legends of Hawaii and its volcanoes. The second part considers the geology of the region and discusses the crack in the floor of the Pacific, Hawaiian volcanoes, volcanic activity and the changes in the Kilauea crater. It also looks at the foundation of the observatory.

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

Fornander Collection of Hawaiian Antiquities and Folk-lore ...
Author: Thomas George Thrum
Publisher:
Total Pages: 256
Release: 1919
Genre: Folklore
ISBN:

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
Total Pages: 296
Release: 1989
Genre: Art
ISBN:

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.