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TE TOKI ME TE WHAO BOOK

Our Price: $40.00

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Clive Fugill - 7-1/4" x 9-3/4" - 150 pages - black & white illustrations - Softcover

The Story and Use of Maori Tools
This book is the culmination of more than 50 years of study, experience and collecting. It provides a complete account of Maori tools. The first part of the book explores legendary adzes and craftsmen, while the second part analyzes the location and exploitation of the principal stone resources (including basalt, obsidian and pounamu). The latter parts outline the manufacture, classification and use of the adze and the chisel, as well as the Maori drill and other tools. There are more than 80 detailed drawings and color photographs.

ANCIENT HAWAII BOOK

Our Price: $18.00

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Herb Kane - 7" x 9-1/2" - 112 pages - color illustrations - Softcover

Here is the story of an ocean people who found the most remote islands on earth, how they lived, how they viewed themselves and their universe. Herb Kane's fantastically detailed, colorful paintings grace nearly every page. Sections on navigators, chiefs, kahuna, mana, makahiki, warfare, commoners, kapa, performing arts, games, food, planting, tools, etc.

TIKI OF HAWAII - A HISTORY OF GODS AND DREAMS

TIKI OF HAWAII - A HISTORY OF GODS AND DREAMS

Our Price: $11.00

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Sophia V Schweitzer - 6" x 9" - 40 pages - black, white and color photos - Softcover Flexbind

Tiki of Hawaii: A History of Gods and Dreams reveals the real tiki. A few are benign, while others are terrifying sculptures twelve feet high, carved with exquisite care. You will learn how ancient Hawaiian civilization ordered itself around a life force called mana and prohibitions known as kapa. You will meet powerful Queen Ka'ahumanu and also larger than life people- King Kamehameha, Captain Cook, Jack London, Trader Vic, Don the Beachcomber, Martin Denny, Don Ho and Elvis Presley. And above all, the tiki to their present status today. With stunning photographs and illustrations, Sophia V. Schweitzer reveals a rich, colorful, and entertaining picture of tiki.

TREASURES OF HAWAIIAN SHEET MUSIC BOOK

Our Price: $15.00

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50 FAVORITE & CLASSIC SONGS from HAWAII'S GOLDEN YEARS
for PIANO, GUITAR, UKULELE, STEEL GUITAR, all C INSTRUMENTS & VOICE

Arranged by Henry Kaleialoha Allen - 8.5" X 11" - 112 pages - Softcover

   This collection of fifty songs comes from the popular era of Hawaiian music in the first half of the twentieth century. These songs were written primarily by recognized writers and arranged by well-known Hawaiian musician Henry Allen with some original songs written by Allen himself.
     Entertainers of all skill levels will find this selection of sheet music an invaluable source for the piano, guitar, ukulele, steel guitar and voice. Each song is written in the key of C and there are chord structures in the back for the ukulele and the piano.
     Songs included: Blue Hawaii, Hanalei Moon, Tiare Lovely flower, Mele Kalikimaka, Tiny Bubbles, Hukilau, Beautiful Kauai, I Will Remember You, Papalina Lahilahi, Puamana, In a Little Hula Heaven, Kaimana Hila and more.

HAWAIIAN MUSIC & MUSICIANS - AN ENCYCLOPEDIC HISTORY BOOK

HAWAIIAN MUSIC & MUSICIANS - AN ENCYCLOPEDIC HISTORY BOOK

Our Price: $36.00

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Dr. George S Kanahele & John Berger - 6" X 9" - 926 pages -Black & White Photographs & Illustrations - Softcover

When George S. Kanahele founded the Hawaiian Music Foundation in 1971 he immediately saw the need for a systematic presentation of the whole tradition of Hawaiian music, from its origins in pre-contact chant and hula, to the adaptation of other musical traditions and instruments, to the extraordinary spread of Hawaiian music as “world music,” and finally to the Hawaiian Renaissance that saved the tradition from near-extinction.
Compiled with the assistance of a hundred contributors and the research of many more, it was immediately recognized as the most ambitious book ever written about Hawaiian music. Organized like an encyclopedia, with entries in alphabetical order, the book presents the roots of Hawaiian music, from ancient chants to the flowering of the musical renaissance. There are biographies of musicians from every period of Hawaiian musical history—from Henry Berger, David Kālakaua, Queen Lili‘uokalani, and others of their time, to the great names of the 20th century. A special section presents many rare photographs of historical interest, featuring singers, chanters, dancers, and instrumentalists. Melody lines, chants, and rhythm patterns are illustrated by music notation. This revised and updated edition is the indispensable go-to guide to the galaxy of Hawaiian music.

ART OF THE HULA BOOK

Our Price: $20.00

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Allan Seiden - 10-1/2" x 10" - 120 pages - color photos - Softcover

In words and lots of glorious color photos; here is the story of the hula from ancient times to the present: its origins and meaning, pre- and post-contact hula, the Pele legends, the evolution of the dance, King Kalakaua, accompanying implements, hula kitsch, hula art, and much more. Highly recommended.

MAORI WEAVING BOOK

Our Price: $18.00

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6" x 9-3/4" - 44 pages - color photos - Softcover

THE ART OF CREATING MAORI TEXTILES
Explore traditional stories about weaving, the steps in preparing and working with flax, the patterns and beauty of Maori woven clothes, mats, panels and baskets, and understand the place of weaving in Maori culture. In weaving flax and other natural fibers, Maori record history, stories and knowledge and affirm Maori culture and identity.

WAIKIKI TIKI BOOK

Our Price: $25.00

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Phillip S. Roberts - 7" x 5" - 265 pages - color photos - Hardcover

This contemporary landscape-styled book offers a pictorial documentation of the past and present of tiki (and related art forms) throughout Waikiki as well as Hawaii's island of Oahu. This book displays original photographs that document the tiki art culture scene that blossomed after WWII through its modern forms today. A great many of the images captured in these pages no longer exist in real life. Much of the ephemera and archival material pictured reside only in the author's private collection. Filled with color photos on every page.

"Waikiki Tiki is a fascinating and richly illustrated portrait of how the new incarnation of tiki---forever changed by its appropriation into mainland pop culture--has triumphantly returned to its homeland to inspire, entertain, and educate generations of kama'aina and haole alike." James Teitelbaum