Inoa | Name(s)

Hana koʻi

Hōʻuluʻulu manaʻo

Wahi a Davida Malo, ʻo ka hana koʻi ke kālai ʻana i ke koʻi pōhaku i hana ʻia e ka poʻe kākoʻi o ka wā kahiko. ʻO ke koʻi ka mea i pono ai no ke kua lāʻau ʻana, a me ke kālai lāʻau ʻana. ʻOhiʻohi nā poʻe kākoʻi i nā pōhaku paʻa, ʻo ia hoʻi he haku kākoʻi, ma nā mauna, e like me ma Maunakea. ʻO nā māhele 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 lāʻau e pili ana i ka pōhaku ʻoʻoi. Hoʻopaʻa ʻia ka ʻau i ka pōhaku me ka lanalana i hili ʻia. ʻO ka iwi ʻolē, ke alaheʻe, a me ka hao kekahi mau koʻi i ʻike ʻia i ka wā 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 kākoʻi, 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 huaʻōlelo no nā kumuwaiwai pilii ka hana koʻi pōhaku.

Instructions 

Use this term for resources related to making stone adze.

ʻĀina | Land/sea: Maunakea

Hana | Practice: Kālai waʻa; Kua lāʻau; Kālai

Lako | Materials + tools / implements: Haku kākoʻi; ʻAu lāʻau; Lanalana; Hau; Iwi ʻolē; Alaheʻe; Lāʻau; Hao

Kūlana | Title/rank: Poʻe kākoʻi

Kūmole | Source(s)

Malo, Davida, Jeffrey Paul Lyon, Charles Langlas, and Davida Malo. The Moʻolelo Hawaiʻi of Davida Malo. Mokuna 17. Honolulu: University of Hawaiʻi Press, 2020.

Hoʻopili ʻia 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