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Puʻupuʻu wale koʻu wahi ē

[Photo Kumu hula, pahu (left) ipu heke (right) with three young female dancers behind him; grass house and people in background; Moanalua, Oahu, Hawaii. Ca. 1883. Photo by Frank Davey. SP 42080.] Puʻupuʻu wale koʻu wahi ē Originally found in the story of Hiʻiaka, today’s mele is one that was used in the old hula […]

Hele I Kai o Pīheka

[Photo: Hawaiian children; Hawaiʻi. Ca. 1915. SP_77744.] Hele I Kai o Pīheka Today’s we feature a children’s game that was contributed to the collection by noted photographer and ethnologist, Theodore Kelsey. (Mele translation by Mary Kawena Pukui) Hele i kai o Pīheka … Go down to Pīheka Hele aku au a Pana‘ewa … And I […]

Kāhulihuli Ka Papa o Wailuku

[Photo: Wailuku River and Falls; Hawaii. SP_204774.] Kāhulihuli Ka Papa o Wailuku “This was the call of Pili a Mo‘o, the smaller of the two mo‘o who kept the ʻtipsy plank of the Wailuku’ at the ford just above the falls of Pāhe‘ehe‘e and Kaluakanaka (‘Make Fall’) near the mouth of the river, and exacted […]

He Pule Kui Lei

[Photo: Kamehameha I statue draped with lei for Kamehameha Day; Honolulu, Oʻahu, Hawaiʻi. Ca. 1954-56. Photo by Laurence Hata. SP_126014.] He Pule Kui Lei Bishop Museum had the wonderful priviledge of helping to contribute an 18 foot long lei for the annual lei draping ceremony honoring King Kamehameha. Today we feature a mele kui lei, […]

A Ka Lae I Koʻokoʻolau ka makani

[Photo: Pele Pukui Suganuma playing hula sticks (kāla’au); Hawaii. SP 30114] A Ka Lae I Koʻokoʻolau ka makani Singer- Samuela Akoni Mika. Waiākea Homesteads, Hilo, Hawaiʻi. Mele hula lāʻau ma Hawaiʻi nei. A mele of Koʻokoʻolau. Learned from his parents on Kauaʻi. (Translation by Mary Kawena Pukui) A ka lae i Koʻokoʻolau ka makani … […]

Michael Gloriani Visits Vertebrate Zoology

Michael Gloriani Visits Vertebrate Zoology Vertebrate Zoology Michael Gloriani, a senior undergraduate Biology student at the University of San Diego, visited the Vertebrate Zoology collection to measure some of our chameleon specimens for his research. He is studying Jackson’s chameleons (Trioceros jacksonii), which are not native to Hawaii and were intentionally introduced to Kaneohe in […]

Carmen Antaky Visits Vertebrate Zoology

Carmen Antaky Visits Vertebrate Zoology Vertebrate Zoology Carmen Antaky, a Masters student at the University of Hawaii at Manoa, visited the Vertebrate Zoology (VZ) collection to take some samples from our avian specimens for her project. She is studying the Hawaiian Band-rumped storm petrel (Oceanodroma castro), which is a small, endangered seabird. Many thanks to […]