Plants in Hawaiian Culture / / Beatrice Krauss.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter University of Hawaii Press Archive eBook-Package Pre-2000
• VerfasserIn: Krauss, Beatrice,
• TeilnehmendeR: Greig, Thelma F.
• Place / Publishing House: Honolulu : : University of Hawaii Press, , [2021]; ©1993
• Year of Publication: 2021
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (272 p.)

This book is intended as a general introduction to the ethnobotany of the Hawaiians and as such it presumes, on the part of the reader, little background in either botany or Hawaiian ethnology. It describes the plants themselves, whether cultivated or brought from the forests, streams, or ocean, as well as the modes of cultivation and collection. It discusses the preparation and uses of the plant materials, and the methods employed in building houses and making canoes, wearing apparel, and the many other artifacts that were part of the material culture associated with this farming and fishing people.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- INTRODUCTION -- 1 FOOD -- 2 FIBER CRAFT -- 3 FISHING -- 4 CANOES -- 5 HOUSES -- 6 WEARING APPAREL -- 7 MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS -- 8 GAMES AND SPORTS -- 9 MEDICINE AND MEDICINAL HERBS -- 10 WAR AND WEAPONS -- 11 RELIGION -- 12 DEATH AND BURIAL -- DESCRIPTION OF PLANTS -- GLOSSARY -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- INDEX -- ABOUT THE AUTHOR