ki'i

Among them is a female ki'i (statue), some uniquely carved bowls inlaid with human teeth, a god image carved on the top of a wooden staff and a unique game board used for playing a traditional Hawaiian game called konane.

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MALUA, _ki'i wai ke aloha: mele_ for the _hula puili_ 114

Unwritten Literature of Hawaii The Sacred Songs of the Hula Nathaniel Bright Emerson 1877

LET'S WORSHIP NOW the bird-cage: song for the _hula ki'i_ 99

Unwritten Literature of Hawaii The Sacred Songs of the Hula Nathaniel Bright Emerson 1877

I was not a little surprised when I learned that the ancient hula repertory of the Hawaiians included a performance with marionettes, _ki'i_, dressed up to represent human beings.

Unwritten Literature of Hawaii The Sacred Songs of the Hula Nathaniel Bright Emerson 1877

Interest in the actual performance of the hula ki'i was stimulated by a resort to byplay and buffoonery.

Unwritten Literature of Hawaii The Sacred Songs of the Hula Nathaniel Bright Emerson 1877

The hula ki'i was, perhaps, the nearest approximation made by the Hawaiians to a genuine dramatic performance.

Unwritten Literature of Hawaii The Sacred Songs of the Hula Nathaniel Bright Emerson 1877

EPITHALAMIUM, _mele_ for the _hula ki'i: O Wanahili ka po loa ia Manu'a_ 100

Unwritten Literature of Hawaii The Sacred Songs of the Hula Nathaniel Bright Emerson 1877

The songs that were cantillated to the hula ki'i express in some degree the peculiar libertinism of this hula, which differed from all others by many removes.

Unwritten Literature of Hawaii The Sacred Songs of the Hula Nathaniel Bright Emerson 1877

These ki'i have therefore figured in performances that have been graced by the presence of King Kauikeaouli (Kamehameha III) and his queen, Kalama, and by his successors since then down to the times of Kalakaua.

Unwritten Literature of Hawaii The Sacred Songs of the Hula Nathaniel Bright Emerson 1877

SONGS -- apropos of Nihi-aumoe: Look to your ways in upland Puna 94 at the first _hula_ 8 composed by Kamehameha II 69 divisions of 58 epithalamium, for the _hula ki'i_: Wanahili bides the whole night with Manu'a 101 for interlude: Kane is drunken with awa 130 for the --

Unwritten Literature of Hawaii The Sacred Songs of the Hula Nathaniel Bright Emerson 1877