Create ʻAPUtunity Experience

Saturday, November 14 from 9:00 AM – 12:00 PM
Location: Kamalaʻulahiwa
Free with Museum Admission, registration required

Come and learn about how special niu [coconut] is and how to choose, husk, clean, cut, sand, and make your very own ‘apu [coconut cup].This niu experience with educator and artisan-artist, Mahi La Pierre, will provide an ʻAPUtunity for participants to connect and reconnect with niu as a significant natural and cultural resource.

Information to be shared to include:

• Uses of niu [leaves, wood, fibers, and shell] in Hawai’i
• Introduction to some of the Hawaiian stages of niu growth
• All instruction, niu, huskers, rasps, scrapers, and sandpaper will be provided

This workshop is part of Bishop Museum’s ʻāina based community experiences, to educate and connect the public with our ʻāina in the museum’s open air learning spaces.