essay
The works of the people of old =: Na hana a ka po'e kahiko
Bishop Museum Press • Honolulu • Published In 1976 • Pages: viii, 170
By: Kamakau, Samuel Manaiakalani, Barrère, Dorothy B., Pukui, Mary Kawena.
Abstract
This work, Na Hana a ka Po'e Kahiko, is a sequel to Ka Po'e Kahiko (see Kamakau 1964, eHRAF document no. 9 in this file), both of which are translations by Mary Kawena Pukui from Samuel Manaiakalani Kamakau's series of newspaper articles which ran from October 14, 1869 through November 3, 1870 in Ke Au 'Oko'a. The material deals with various aspects of the traditional culture of the Hawaiians from approximately the late eighteenth century through the major portion of the nineteenth century. The major topics discussed in this work deal with: geography, cultivation of various crops, fishing, fishponds, house construction, tapa making, canoe making, the weaving of fish nets, religion, and religious structures.
- HRAF PubDate
- 2003
- Region
- Oceania
- Sub Region
- Polynesia
- Document Type
- essay
- Evaluation
- Creator Types
- Ethnologist
- Indigenous Person
- Document Rating
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- Analyst
- John Beierle ; 2002
- Field Date
- no date
- Coverage Date
- ca. late eighteenth - nineteenth centuries
- Coverage Place
- Hawaiian Islands, United States
- Notes
- Samuel Manaiakalani Kamakau ; translated from the newspaper Ke Au 'oko'a by Mary Kawena Pukui ; arr. and edited by Dorothy B. Barrère
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 159-162) and index
- LCCN
- 75021315
- LCSH
- Hawaiians