discuss document export feedback print share gallery-landscape xml Lapa human history Tukua Tirohanga API Ingoa Kēlapa (Hawaiian)Marker (English)Kupu whakaahuaLapa. Marker. This is a long rectangular hand held marker. It has been cut from a piece of 'ohe (bamboo). It features four prongs at one end and has been cut just after the node. There are small perforations at either end . The surface is curved and faded yellow in colour. Underneath it is incurved and features in black hand written calligraphy, "from H.M. Queen Emma, Ohe Kapala". A lapa is used for the surface decoration of Kapa to produce linear patterns.WāhiHawaii/United States of AmericaRā Tāpiringa1894Tohu Tuakiri Kē11361 (ethnology)WāhangaPacific Uiuitia Tāpirihia ki Taku Kete Lapa, 11361, Photographed by Denise Baynham, digital, 19 Mar… … Read more Tirohia ngā pikitia Mātātuhi me ngā tuhinga Mātātuhi Mātātuhi Taonga Taonga Rārangi MihiCollection of Auckland Museum Tāmaki Paenga Hira, 11361Kuputuhi e Wātea Tūmatanui anaThis is a Lapa. It is cut from a section of ‘ohe (bamboo) stem. This is a tool that is used in decorating kapa. One end features a prong-like finish. These prongs are used to guide the maker in producing linear designs upon kapa with natural plant dyes. Depending on the maker and their intentions – the Lapa can be used to portray the makers lineage, environment or even a reflection or response to whom the piece was made for.The God of Hawaiian Kapa: MaikohāThis mo‘olelo portrays how the wauke (Paper mulberry; Broussonetia papyrifera) and its intentions grew in Hawai‘i.The story of the Hawaiian God of Kapa: Maikohā, portrays how the wauke (Paper mulberry; Broussonetia papyrifera) and its intentions grew:“As Maikohā lay dying, he gave this command to his daughters: “When I am dead take me to the edge of the stream and bury me there. A tree will grow from my grave whose outer bark will furnish kihei (shawl), pā‘ū (skirt), malo (loin cloth) and other benefits (pono) for you two”His daughters obeyed his commands, and a tree did grow. That was the wauke, the paper mulberry. When the daughters saw it, they fetched it and worked it, beating the bark into cloth, skirts, and loin cloths. The sap flowed out, and wauke grew along the stream as far as the sea at Kīkīhale. That is how wauke spread in Hawai’i nei” (S.M.Kamakau. “Tales and Traditions of the People of Old|Nā Mo‘olelo a ka Po‘e Kahiko.”1991.p.14)Lauhuki and La‘ahana: The daughters of MaikohāCompared to other island nations who produce bark cloth, Hawaiian Kapa is uniquely defined by the various stages of beating, fermenting and watermarking. The daughters of Maikōha have a historic influence on how the wauke was processed to become Kapa. Lauhuki taught the art of beating the ‘ili wauke and her sister La‘ahana taught the process of watermarking and use of ‘ohe kāpala (Bamboo dye stamp) to decorate the Kapa. Through their teachings they have become ‘aumakua - ancestral craft gods.Auckland Museum’s Pacific Collection currently holds over thirty three objects attributed to kapa. Like the flow of the wauke sap, there are many branches in producing kapa. This can be fibre sourcing, fibre preparation and fermentation, beating, decorative technique and most siginificantly: the fashioning of the maker or wearers intentions.We would like to give thanks to the Hawaiian knowledge holders who generously shared their mana`o and sources surrounding the significance of Kapa. Additionally, we would like to honour the ‘aumakua, who gifted Kapa to Hawai‘i nei.FURTHER READING:• M.Beckwith, ‘Hawaiian Mythology’. U H Press. 1970.• T.R.Hiroa, ‘Arts and Crafts of Hawaii’. Bishop Museum Press. 1957.• S.M.Kamakau, ‘Tails and Traditions of the People of Old|Nā Mo‘olelo a ka Po‘e Kahiko’. Bishop Museum Press. 1991.• S.Kooijman, ‘Tapa in Polynesia’. Bishop Museum Press. 1972.• W.T.Brigham. “Ka Hana Kapa” Memoirs of the Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum of Polynesian Ethnology and Natural History. 1911.• Personal comms. Kumu Auli`i Mitchell and Kumu Keonilei Leali'ifano. 07.03.2018GLOSSARY:• wauke (paper mulberry; Broussonetia papyrifera)• kihei (shawl)• pā‘ū (skirt)• malo (loin cloth)• pono (benefits)• 'ohe kāpala (bamboo stamp)• mo‘olelo (story)• i‘e kūkū (grooved linear beater)• ‘ohe (bamboo)Takenga ā-AhureaHawaiianKaiwaihanga Matua Unknown (Maker)WāhiHawaii/United States of AmericaRāPre 1894Tikanga WaihangacarvedPāohobamboo/grass/plant material[bamboo]/grass/plant materialRaraunga Ine408mm27mm10mm410mm260mmHuinga KaupapaBark cloth/- PACIFIC SUBJECTS -Taumata whakarōpūTextileworking T&ETools & EquipmentWhakahounga o Mua18 Jul 2018 Tūemi e whai hononga Ngā hua o DigitalNZ LAPA Archives New Zealand Te Rua Mahara o te Kāwanatanga WALKING MATCH. (North Otago Times, 29 October 1883) National Library of New Zealand PEDRSTALANISM (Otago Daily Times, 02 March 1885) National Library of New Zealand Postcard: Largo da Lapa Canterbury Museum PEDESTRIANISM. 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