Hana koʻi

Inoa | Name(s)

Hana koʻi

H�ʻuluʻulu manaʻo

Wahi a Davida Malo, ʻo ka hana koʻi ke k�lai ʻana i ke koʻi p�haku i hana ʻia e ka poʻe k�koʻi o ka w� kahiko. ʻO ke koʻi ka mea i pono ai no ke kua l�ʻau ʻana, a me ke k�lai l�ʻau ʻana. ʻOhiʻohi n� poʻe k�koʻi i n� p�haku paʻa, ʻo ia hoʻi he haku k�koʻi, ma n� mauna, e like me ma Maunakea. ʻO n� m�hele o ke koʻi ʻo ia hoʻi ka pipi, kahi ma lalo e polipoli ana, ka hauhana, kahi ma luna e ʻami ana, a me ka ʻau, ka l�ʻau e pili ana i ka p�haku ʻoʻoi. Hoʻopaʻa ʻia ka ʻau i ka p�haku me ka lanalana i hili ʻia. ʻO ka iwi ʻolē, ke alaheʻe, a me ka hao kekahi mau koʻi i ʻike ʻia i ka w� kahiko.

Description

According to David Malo, adze making is the practice done by adze makers of in traditional times. An adze is what was used to cut down trees and carve wood. Adze makes collected the right kind of stones, called haku k�koʻi, in the mountains, such as Maunakea. The parts of the adze are the pipi, the rounded lower part of the adze, the hauhana, the upper part that connects to the handle, and the handle itself, the wooden piece connected to the sharpened adze. The handle is fastened to the adze with a braided lashing. The conch shell, alaheʻe wood, and iron were other types of adzes that were sometimes seen.

ʻŌlelo kuhikuhi

E koho i kēia huaʻ�lelo no n� kumuwaiwai pilii ka hana koʻi p�haku.

Instructions 

Use this term for resources related to making stone adze.

ʻĀina | Land/sea: Maunakea

Hana | Practice: K�lai waʻa; Kua l�ʻau; K�lai

Lako | Materials + tools / implements: Haku k�koʻi; ʻAu l�ʻau; Lanalana; Hau; Iwi ʻolē; Alaheʻe; L�ʻau; Hao

Kūlana | Title/rank: Poʻe k�koʻi

Kūmole | Source(s)

Malo, Davida, Jeffrey Paul Lyon, Charles Langlas, and Davida Malo. The MoÊ»olelo HawaiÊ»i of Davida Malo. Mokuna 17. Honolulu: University of HawaiÊ»i Press, 2020.

HoÊ»opili Ê»ia i | Applied to: Hawaiian adze production and distribution : implications for the development of chiefdoms (Mokuna 3 &4)

Mea haku | Created by: Keahiahi Long; Annemarie Paikai