The Ancient Hawaiian HouseThe Ancient Hawaiian House by William Tufts Brigham, first published in 1908, is a rare manuscript, the original residing in one of the great libraries of the world. This book is a reproduction of that original, which has been scanned and cleaned by state-of-the-art publishing tools for better readability and enhanced appreciation. Restoration Editors' mission is to bring long out of print manuscripts back to life. Some smudges, annotations or unclear text may still exist, due to permanent damage to the original work. We believe the literary significance of the text justifies offering this reproduction, allowing a new generation to appreciate it. |
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adze alaila alii ancient Auamo bottle bowls braid breadfruit building built calabash canoe carved cave chief cocoa-nut coconut Coconut fibre cord covered cups diameter dishes door durable dwellings eaves fastened feet high feet long figure Fiji Fijian floor foreign frame gable gourd grass house ground Guinea halau hale hana Hawaii Hawaiian house Honolulu hook handle HOUSE OF KAMEHAMEHA housebuilding huewai inches kahua Kamehameha kapa Kauai kauila Keelikolani keia kekahi laau lanai leaf leaves Maori Marquesan mats MEMOIRS B. P. B. MUSEUM MEMOIRS BISHOP MUSEUM missionary modern Molokai native noho old Hawaiian oloná ornamented Pacific pandanus pau ia pillow PLATE platform pole Polynesian posts rafters ridge-pole roof Samoan seen sennit shape shell shown in Fig side sleeping Solomon Islands sticks stone tambu-house thatch thick timber Tongan tree umeke village Voyage walls wood wooden