Pictured here are various artifacts disassembled and then reassembled from a Hale that was brought from the Na Pali Coast in Kauai in 1902. The thin dark wood poles where the original "lama" wood used as small structural beams, but some needed to be replaced by the lighter wood "ala he'e" which the DLNR assisted in acquiring for the project.The thick structural beams "pou" are made of either Uhi Uhi and Kauila wood and are from the original structure. The pili grass that will be used as covering came from Maunakea. There are pictures showing the proceedure from drying to weaving the "'uki'uki " or braid used in securing the structure. All resources used in the Hale are of Native Hawaiian origin. The rocks came from all over the islands and some were given from various Hawaiian families, some as far as Illinois.

Po mai ka'i Kaniaupio Crozier (contact leokanaka@hawaii.rr.com for more info on the Hale) building/restoration with his team at the Bishop Museum. (Also contact Donalyn Dela Cruz at the Bishop Museum for more info on events at Bishop Museum 847-8274)