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The Hawaiian Quilt
The Tradition Continues
by Poakalani Serrao, John Serrao, Raelene Correia, and Cissy Serrao
List Price: $16.95
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Continuing their commitment and legacy to Hawaii’s
treasured art, the Poakalani family and their students display precious quilts and bare personal stories in this
colorful collection of artistic masterpieces. These pages are brimming with island styles and techniques sure to
inspire quilt-makers from all over.
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Lost Maritime Cultures
China and the Pacific
edited by Tianlong Jiao
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Lost Maritime
Cultures showcases the material culture and artistic works created by the
indigenous peoples that flourished on Southeast China’s coast. Objects from the
Hemudu culture in modern Zhejiang Province and the Neolithic cultures on the
coast of the modern Fujian Province, the early maritime cultures which laid the
foundation for the later maritime traditions developed in the Pacific, are
featured in this full-color catalog. Included are a total of 86 artifacts, with
text supplemented by over 100 line drawings, historical images, and
archaeological site photos.
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How To Weave Hawaiian Coconut Palm Fronds
by Jim Widess
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Weavers and
handcrafters rejoice! This complete guide to coconut palm frond weaving features
eleven fun and beautiful projects to keep your hands busy. Beginners will find
the photographic instructions easy to follow in creating functional and
ornamental weaving projects to give as gifts or keep for themselves. Make a
coconut calabash-shaped basket as a decorative bowl for fruits, or weave a
coconut hat for a day at the beach. Children will love to play with woven little
animals such as an angelfish, grasshopper, or bird. Other projects include a
variety of baskets and a pretty coconut rose.
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Life in the Pacific of the 1700's
edited by S. Little and P. Ruthenberg
List Price: $10.00
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This remarkable exhibition, presented in Honolulu by the Honolulu Academy of
Arts (February 23 – May 14, 2006), featured several hundred objects collected
during the second and third Pacific Ocean voyages of Captain James Cook (1728 –
1779). Known as the Cook/Forster Collection, these artifacts represent the
vibrant cultures encountered by Cook in the eighteenth century, at a time when
they were still intact.
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Money Lei Making in Hawaii
A Step-By-Step Guide
by Laurie Shimizu-Ide
List Price: $9.95
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Laurie Shimizu Ide, the author of best-selling Hawaiian Lei Making: A
Step-by-Step Guide, Hawaiian Seed Lei Making: A Step-by-Step Guide, and Hawaii's
Seeds and Seed Leis: An Identification Guide, shares her expertise as a longtime
florist to present thirty- two classic and contemporary flower arrangement
designs that even a beginner can do.
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