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Kamehameha Family Pahu
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Kamehameha Family pahu, shark skin drum
Bishop Museum's oldest pahu hula, dance drum.
Made of coconut wood and shark skin lashed to the carved base with olona,
this drum has a shark tooth embedded in its rim.
It was played with other pahu hula to accompany dance.
Gift: Provisional Government, 1893
"By my continuing to listen to Hawaiian music and learning about
the language, dance and culture it is becoming part of me and no matter
where I go this part of my life will be with me forever."
Anthony Nakoa Murata
16-year old student at Punahou School
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