Ua loaa mai la wauke mai i kanuia ma na awaawa.  Aia no a oo makai alaila kii aku a uhole mai i ili owaho a kua laau oia mea ke hana a nui kupono alaila hoi a hiki i ka hale alaila wehe ae ka ili mawaho loa a koe iho ka mea keokeo o loko a oia mea ka ka wahine kuku kapa a hana ai.  5 papa apana oia ili o ka wauke hui ia he mo’omo’o ia mea a ina paha he umi mo’omo’o ka nui  alaila me ka hohoa i hoomakaukau mua ia me ka pohaku maikai no hoi, alaila kau iho ka mo’omo’o wauke iluna o ka pohaku alaila hahau iho ka hohoa pela e hana ai a wahi maikai lilo aela keia mau apana wauke 5 me he mea la hookahi no nui ae la hoi a palahalaha alaila kau la’i no hoi i ka la a maloo alaila okioki a hookahi paha ka puai kihaehae a liilii kupono alaila hoopulu i ka wai hana no hoi kahi a waiho me ka la’i a maikai alaila waiho aku la keia wauke i hoopulu ia i ka wai iluna o keia wahi i hanaia me ka la’i alaila uhi aku no ka la’i maluna me ka hana a paa i ole e komo ka makani a maloo aka o mau ka pulu oia mea a hiki ka wa maikai e kuku ai. Ua ike no ka wahine i ka Manawa e kupono nolaila hana aku la kona mau lima i keia wauke ano i hoopulu ai ina ua pahee alaila ua pulu.  Alaila la hoomaka oia i hoopulu ia oia aku paha alaila hoomaka oia e kikelekele iluna o ka pohaku a hui ae la pela e hana ai pau na popo me he mea la he 2 paha kapuai la loa 1 ½ ka puai ka laula eia nae he manoanoa nolaila kii aku la’i kua ka i’e kuku a hookau aku la ke kappa iluna o ke kua alaila kuku pela e hana ai e pau keia mau kapa i hoomaka ia pela ka wahine e hana ai a hiki i ka lahilahi ana alaila pau ke kuku ana o ka hana i koe aia ke kau la’i o ke kapa a maloo.

This is a detailed account written in the 1920s by a native Hawaiian attending the Normal School in Honolulu.

We have been doing research and teaching since 1979 at the Bishop Museum, Kamehameha Schools, Museums on all the neighbor islands.

We have a DVD that shows how to harvest wauke, clean wauke, beat into Tapa, and decorate using ohe kapala/bamboo stamps. $25.00 plus $5.00 for shipping, total of $30.00, an excellent resource for the classroom and Hawaiian culture programs.

Sample of Tapa making DVD

$30.00 Tapa DVD includes shipping

Call us for more information on classes and comission Tapa orders (808)854-9283. mahalo, Wes & Lehua Sen