Ka Wai Ola - Office of Hawaiian Affairs, Volume 6, Number 8, 1 ʻAukake 1989 — Thirty Years Of Statehood [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]
Thirty Years Of Statehood
-Seal of the State of Hawaii —
The Great Seal of Hawai'i pictured on the cover of this month's issue, was officially designated by Act 272 of the 1959 Territorial Legislature when Hawai'i became a state. In the center, it incorporates elements of the royaI coat of arms used by the Kingdom of Hawai'i. The heraldic shield is divided into four quarters.
The first and fourth quarters depict the eight stripes of the Hawaiian flag, representing the eight major isiands of Hawai'i. The second and third quarters show on a yellow field a tapa-covered ball on a stick, the pulo'ulo'u, whieh represent the chiefly insignia of kapu and are used to denote continued on page 21