Ka Wai Ola - Office of Hawaiian Affairs, Volume 4, Number 11, 1 November 1987 — Exhibition Highlights Culture [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

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Exhibition Highlights Culture

"Legacy of Excellence: Highlights of Hawaiian Culture," is a Bishop Museum exhibition, the Museum celebrates Ho'olako 1987: the Year of the Hawaiian. Selected artifacts from the Museum collections are exhibited alongside photographs showing contemporary craftsman working in eaeh of these areas. The exhibition is based on the "cultural peaks" theory developed by Hawaiiana expert Donld K. Mitchell. The drum (pahu) and large gourd instrument (ipu) in this 1 880s Bishop Museum photograph were taken at a hula performance in Moanalua Valley. Both instruments are shown in the exhibition whieh runs through the year.