"PELE's VOYAGE FROM THE ANCIENT HOMELAND"
by Herb Kawainui Kane

This beautiful painting depicts Pele on her great voyage to Hawai`i, carrying her sister Hi`iaka (patron Goddess of the hula) and guided by her brother Kamohoali`i in the form of a great shark (mano).

The wonderful saga of Pele and Hi`iaka is one of the most well-known in Hawai`i and one of the greatest of all time.  It has generated many hundreds of chants, songs and poems.

"PLANTER"
by Herb Kawainui Kane

This is an image of a Hawaiian planter, or mahi`ai.  He is holding a hardwood digging stick and a "wetland" taro plant (grown in shallow, walled ponds called lo`i where there is abundant rainfall).  Other major plants shown are ipu (gourds), bananas (mai`a), breadfruit (`ulu), sweet potatoes (`uala), sugar cane and coconut trees.  Hawaiians were incredible agriculturists; their cultivation of plants was the most sophisti- cated of all of Polynesia.  They grew 230 varieties of sweet potato - how many kinds do you see in your supermarket today?