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Juliette May Fraser (born Hawaii 1887–1983) painter, muralist and printmaker, Charles Furneaux (born Boston 1835–1913) painter and educator, Hon Chew Hee (born Hawaii 1906–1993) painter, D. Howard Hitchcock (born Hawaii 1861–1943) painter, Ogura Yonesuke Itoh (born Japan 1870–1940) painter, Princess Kaʻiulani (born Hawaii 1875–1899 ...
A petroglyph is an image created by removing part of a rock surface by incising, picking, carving, or abrading, as a form of rock art. Outside North America , scholars often use terms such as "carving", "engraving", or other descriptions of the technique to refer to such images.
This is a complete List of National Historic Landmarks in Hawaiʻi.The United States National Historic Landmark program is operated under the auspices of the National Park Service, and recognizes structures, districts, objects, and similar resources according to a list of criteria of national significance. [1]
Genetic studies on the New Zealand Kurī dog indicate that the origin of this dog (and therefore probably the Hawaiian poi dog) to be Indonesia. Referred as the ʻīlio in the Hawaiian language, the modern name of this breed is derived from poi, a Hawaiian staple food made from mashed and cooked kalo (or taro) root. The poi mash was used to ...
The Puna-Kāʻu Historic District is an archaeological district located on the Puna-Kāʻu coastline in Hawaii Volcanoes National Park.The district includes over 300 sites occupied by Polynesians from the 13th through 19th centuries.
One major feature is Pa o ka menehune (which means literally "wall of the ancients" [3]), a breakwater constructed in Ancient Hawaii that might have once enclosed the entire bay. Since construction of a heiau using the dry-stack masonry technique ( uhau humu pohaku ) was a major undertaking, it is unusual to find the concentration of about ten ...