Plants in Hawaiian Culture

Plants in Hawaiian Culture
ISBN-10
0824812255
ISBN-13
9780824812256
Category
Nature
Pages
360
Language
English
Published
1993-10-31
Publisher
University of Hawaii Press
Author
Beatrice Krauss

Description

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.

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