The au olo, a canoe house smaller than the hālau waʻa housed the canoes of the makaʻāinana. Here were kept the canoes, paddles, fishnets and articles used in canoeing and fishing. Hālau waʻa was a large canoe house with a thatched roof but open on the sides and ends. The surrounding fence was of wooden palings and dried banana leaves. Men made the ribbed kapa (hamo ʻula or kuaʻula) in a work yard (kahua hana) and a drying yard (kahua kaulaʻi) which might cover two acres or more. Here the kapa was spread out to dry and bleach, safe from the muddy feet of the village dogs and pigs. The hale were surrounded by a stone wall (pā pōhaku) to provide a drying yard. Sometimes a second hale was constructed to hold the dye-making materials.
Hale kuku or hale kua, a house where the kapa-making tools were kept and where the kapa was pounded and decorated, especially during inclement weather. They could not desert a chief while they thought there was food in his storehouse.į. Malo wrote that storehouses were designed to keep the people contented. Tools (ʻōʻō) and items collected as taxes such as mats ( moena), kapa and utensils (ʻumeke) were stored until needed. Sweet potatoes (ʻuala), dried and salted foods such as fish, could be kept for some time. The perishable foods were cooked within a few days. Food crops were harvested, brought here and stored until needed. Webber sketched a storehouse in his view of Waimea, Kauaʻi, January, 1778. Hale papaʻa or hale hoʻahu, one or more storehouses, usually elevated two feet or more above the ground and fitted with floors of planks. Food was brought to them by women in the family.Į. The women remained here during their menstrual period.
Hale peʻa, a small house, some distance away from the others. Here the women and young boys ate the food prepared for them by the men.ĭ. Hale ʻaina, the womenʼs eating house, kapu to men. Kekahi ʻaoʻao a laila e nānā i ke kiʻi kumu no ka ʻōkueneĬ. E hoʻohana i kēia kikokikona no ka huli ʻana i Hōʻike ʻia ma ʻaneʻi ka māhele a pau me ka ʻole o ka Puke | Kope Paʻi Pepa | Huli | Hoʻokaʻaʻike
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