Petroglyph Photos
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Rarely seen photographs from Maha'ulepu, Kaua'i (rite). Usually buried underneath the beach, they are exposed once every twenty - thirty years for a few days or weeks after a large "Kona" storm strips the sand off the beach. Left image is a human figure with a coconut tree growing out of it's head. To the rite is a male human figure with a small female figure attached, possibly a daughter. |
An elaborate canoe petroglyph and other figures (rite) from Olowalu, Maui. The canoe has a sail, outrigger, steersman, and tassel. The tassel marked the canoe as double-hulled and belonged to a chief or (ali'i). The site is easily found, but badly vandalized. |
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"Birdmen" petroglyphs from Kukui Point (left) on Lana'i. Part-human, part animal petroglyphs may have represented aumakua, or personal gods. |