HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - The Hawaiian word of the day is Ku. Ku is one of the four major Hawaiian gods in the Aikapu system. Ku is considered to be the god of warfare and woodcarving. Coconut is one ...
A piece of ancient Hawaiian history has made its way back home. A carved wooden kii, which depicts the Hawaiian god Ku, previously belonged to Claude Verite, an art dealer based in Paris. It had been ...
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HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - Earlier this month, a wooden carving of the Hawaiian god of war fetched $7.5 million at a Christie's auction in Paris. The huge price tag, twice what curators expected, made ...
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Staff quietly trickle into a granite-floored atrium in the Peabody Essex Museum’s elegant new wing. They mill about, hushed and excited, waiting to see an imposing, larger-than-life carving known as ...
LAWRENCE, Kan. – adidas and the Kansas men’s basketball team Monday will unveil a line of Hawaiian-inspired basketball footwear and apparel to celebrate championship-round play at the 2011 Maui ...
Ku Aloha Ola Mau means “to stand in love and health forever,” and is the name of a nonprofit committed to welcoming those suffering from alcohol and drug addiction as haumana, or students, lovingly, ...
SAN FRANCISCO -- A 200-year-old carving of the war god Ku has returned home to Hawaii after spending untold years abroad and in the hands of private collectors. Salesforce chief executive Marc Benioff ...