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2. Get a head start on your holiday shopping at the Hawaii ...

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   Sunshine Productions, Inc. presents the “Hawaii Holiday Craft and Gift Fair” from Nov. 1 to Nov. 3 at the Blaisdell Center Exhibition Hall located at 777 Ward Avenue, Honolulu, Hawaii.

3. Kalākaua coinage - Wikipedia

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   Native Hawaiians before the arrival of Captain Cook in 1770 used no coins; trade in their agricultural economy was based on barter. Early relations between Hawaiians and explorers were also based on barter, [1] with nails, beads, and small pieces of iron sometimes being used as money, [2] but as more systematic foreign trade began at the turn of the 19th century, coins of many lands came to ...

4. Jewellery in the Pacific - Wikipedia

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   Most Pacific jewellery now is created for the sole purpose of commercial and tourist profits. Indeed, some pieces of jewellery have become major symbols of the Pacific's lifestyle to tourists, such as leis in Hawaii, which are now commonly associated with that area and its laid back, tourist-friendly attitude. Another example is the previously ...

5. Puka shell - Wikipedia

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   Naturally-formed rounded cone shell fragments suitable to be used as beads are hard to find in large quantities, so true puka jewelry, formed entirely naturally, is now uncommon. Shell jewellery made from naturally occurring puka shells is also now more expensive because of the labor and time involved in locating and hand-picking these rather ...

6. Hoʻokupu - Wikipedia

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   Hoʻokupu is a Hawaiian language term for gifts and offerings. The ceremony dates back hundreds of years, to a time when the average Hawaiian subsisted on manual labor, with little-to-no financial assets. Their gifts were literally the fruits of their personal labors to the Hawaiian aliʻi (rulers), or to visiting royalty. Through time, the ...

7. HSN Arcade: Come for the jewelry, stay to play free games - AOL

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   HSN, formerly known as the Home Shopping Network, gets game. Now, in addition to luring potential customers in to buy deeply discounted jewelry, handbags, et al, the website will soon offer a ...