Posted on: Wednesday, February 27, 2008
Photo gallery: Rebuilding the last Hawaiian grass house
Photos by Bruce Asato
Advertiser Staff Photographer
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hawaiian, house, hale, pili, will, be, rebuilt, center, bishop, museum, s, partially, restored, hall, here, workers, cultural, practitioners, sort, rocks, that, become, grass, foundation, structure, than, years, old, last, example, kind, architecture, was, common, throughout, hawai, until, late, th, century, houses, with, frames, native, wood, lashed, together, thatched, mike, wong, finds, best, fit, rock, in, spaces, wall, where, eventually, stand, built, sometime, before, kaua, miloli, valley, it, taken, apart, shipped, to, o, ahu, reassembled, public, able, see, again, summer, after, restoration, complete, move, building, stones, disassembly, carefully, documented, because, what, revealed, about, materials, construction, techniques, ancient, are, something, lost, art, taking, surviving, indigenous, home, helped, fill, many, gaps, nainoa, willets, kekoa, kaneakuakala, both, year-old, students, halau, kupa, farrington, high, academy, help, weave, ukiuki, leaves, into, cordage, authentic, liebert, sullivan, docent, demonstrates, knot, useful, tying, bundles, which, student, from, left, kaleialoha, ramiro, ka, onohi, kahahele, kameai, omakamae, sanders, bundle, group, harvest, island, hawea, aila, second, staff, gets, koli, tangataevaha, tulua, tumui, lofi, tataipu, as, they, pull, ohia, logs, lo, taro, paddy, remove, mud, them, marques, marzan, collections, technician, looks, over, braided, plant, lash, frame, tie, thatch, collection, modern-day, made, pomaikai, kaniaupio-crozier, one, project, coordinators, holds, patched, log, dense, uhiuhi, this, piece, life-sized, model, sperm, whale, hangs, ceiling, undergoing, million, renovation