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Video (10 min)
MPEG
(2007)
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Audio
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Presentation
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Recollection of a Family Tradition |
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Hawaiians developed a unique,
exceptional, and outstanding
craftsmanship in creating their
featherwork with the use of endemic
birds with different feather colors.
Dr. Isabella Aiona Abbott, G. P.
Wilder Emeritus Professor of Botany,
recalls the demonstration of this
family tradition by her great uncle
in the mountains near Lahaina,
island of Maui when she was a young
child. He showed her how the birds
were trapped with a sticky substance
(e.g., sap of pāpala kēpau
(Pisonia spp., family
Nyctaginaceae). After the
required feathers removed, the
bird’s feet were rubbed with
kukui nut oil (Aleurites
moluccana) to remove the sticky
substance, and then the bird was
released.
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Production Credits
Featuring
Directed by:
Filmed by:
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David Strauch and David Reedy
Edited
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Readings
Abbott, I.
A. 1992. Lā`au Hawai`i: Traditional
Hawaiian Uses of Plants. Bishop Museum
Press, Honolulu, pages 105-110. |
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