IDNO

T.152518.RPT

Description

On Catalogue Card: "S.P. 263. Hawaii - Kona District. 35mm. Koda." [Poignant's manuscript]
"8. Figure on shore lone." [Poignant's typed text]

Lono-'ilikai (Lono on the surface of the sea), a white ki'i carving of the akua (god) Lono looking out over the sea at Pu'uhonua o Hōnaunau. [KK 26/08/2022]

Place

Oceania Polynesia; N America; United States of America; Hawaii; Island of Hawai'i; Pu'uhonua o Hōnaunau

Cultural Affliation

Named Person

Lono

Photographer

Poignant, Axel

Collector / Expedition

Date

pre January 1970

Collection Name

Poignant Collection

Source

Poignant, Roslyn

Format

Colour Transparency

Primary Documentation

Other Information

T.148696.RPT - T.152693.RPT were located in the drawer file of transparency sheets, numbered C1021/.

T.152518.RPT - T.152543.RPT were located in a transparency sheet, numbered C1021/162.

Context: "A kiʻi is an image, statue, or likeness that serves as symbolic representations of the akua, or the multitude of Hawaiian gods, deities, and venerated ancestors. While images most commonly took the form of wooden carvings, they were also formed out of pōhaku (stone), carved into pūnohunohu (sea urchin spines), or as ornate feathered images. [...] The kiʻi at Puʻuhonua o Hōnaunau National Historical Park attract visitors from all over the world. While the images seen today are not the original kiʻi, they are carved using the skills and traditions of the Hōnaunau area. During the Hale o Keawe restoration project in the 1960s, the park engaged scholars, artists, and craftsmen who were knowledgeable of cultural traditions to guide and carry out kiʻi reconstruction. Many of the carvers were maintenance workers in the park who brought their skills based on family knowledge to the park. Since these structures are wooden and deteriorate over time, they are periodically replaced. Just as with the original restoration, local carvers (some of whom are family members of the original carvers) bring their skills and knowledge to continue the tradition." [source: https://www.nps.gov/puho/learn/historyculture/kii.htm KK 26/08/2022]