Hilo Harbor
2433 hits
Hilo Harbor
San Francisco room
2310 hits
The room on McAllister St, San Francisco, where Jan Schaafsma lived for many years
Pasadena Tracks
2384 hits
Pasadena Tracks
JanSchaafssma by his son Siep
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Oil portrait of Jan Schaafsma by his son Siebrand (Siep).
Rembrantʻs Mother - copy
2078 hits
A copy of the original Rembrant, done by Jan Schaafsma in pen and ink as a training exercise
Jan Schaafsmaʻs palette
2281 hits
Palette
Kiʻi pōhaku - petroglyphs - Nuʻuanu
2169 hits
Kaupe, a supernatural dog. An earlier visitor had chalked in the figures with a red crayon, not a good practice. However, I took advantage of the situation and photographed the figures with a red filter.
Ipu o lono, 2015
2142 hits
Ipu o Lono is the name given to the pōhaku in a 1977 article in the Windward Sun Press, which also published an image of a stone 4-5 feet high at this spot. What happened to it is a mystery. Only a small remnant remains on a curbed earth platform. I remember the large stone at this spot from my childhood, when we made trips across the mountain on the old Pali Road. One was not supposed to bring pork past this stone at midnight. The stone was known to everyone in Kailua.
Kaunuakahekili, 2015
1923 hits
This is tentatively identified as Kaunuakahekili, although McAllister places it one ridge ʻEwa of this location. It matches his description.
Kaunuakahekili, 2015
1799 hits
This is tentatively identified as Kaunuakahekili, although McAllister places it one ridge ʻEwa of this location. It matches his description.
Area 1753 - engine from WW II plane crash
2989 hits
This plane crashed during WW II directly on the paved ala (pathway) in several other images in this album. All of the other fuselage has been removed, but the engine remains.
Area 1753 - ala
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A section of the ala (pathway) that remains to be cleared.
Haleolono, Waimea, 1992
1815 hits
The hale were constructed by Rudy Mitchel, one of a very few people with traditional knowledge of Hawaiian cordage and knots.
Nīoi 3
1839 hits
A large upright pōhaku at the NW edge of the principal platform of Nīoi.
Nīoi 1, 1994
1892 hits
A remaining section of Nīoi, perhaps its principal platform. Note the lined lua (pit) on the right.
Puʻuomahuka 2, 1990
1973 hits
Rudy Mitchel commented numerous times that Puʻuomahuka might not be the name of this heiau, but just the area where it stands. He felt that Hawaiians in the l930s were protective of heiau names and locations and did not always share accurate or complete information with McAllister.
Kalakū
2022 hits
Rudy Mitchell identified this pōhaku as Kalakū, a fish god and fish lookout point on the north side of Waimea Bay. It sits on an obscure ledge overlooking the bay. The corresponding pōhaku sits on the opposite side of the Bay, Kalakoi. The stones are also called Kū and Ahuena.
Nīoi 7, 1994
1873 hits
The landowner leased this section on the SE / Kāneʻahe side of Nīoi to a sand mining operation, which bulldozed it. On the day I visited, a member of the Oʻahu Burial Council was there, collecting small fragments of human bone.
Nīoi, 1994
1851 hits
The remaining platform at Nīoi. The archaeologist in charge of the adjacent sewage treatment plant project maintained that he could not positively locate Nīoi.
Nīoi 5, 1994
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A small upright stone in a niche, adjacent to the principal platform at Nīoi. The landowner bulldozed this area to construct a sewage treatment plant.
Nīoi, 1994
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This section of Nīoi was bulldozed to construct a sewage treatment plant. The archaeologist on the project did not identify this structure as pre-contact.
Nīoi, 1994
1800 hits
This section of Nīoi was bulldozed to construct a sewage treatment plant. The archaeologist on the project did not identify this structure as pre-contact.
Puʻuomahuka 1, 1990
1850 hits
Rudy Mitchel commented numerous times that Puʻuomahuka might not be the name of this heiau, but just the area where it stands. He felt that Hawaiians in the l930s were protective of heiau names and locations and did not always share accurate or complete information with McAllister.
Maunawila 7, 2015
1815 hits
Maunawila 8, 2015
1849 hits
Note the face in the stone.
Hauʻula Stream enclosure1, 2000
1746 hits
Lae Kealaikahiki, 2015
3319 hits
Four large pōhaku mark the cardinal points of the compass at Lae Kealaikahiki.
Heiau at Lae Kealaikahiki, 2015
3344 hits
A structure marking the navigation pathway to Kahiki (foreign lands) at Kealaikahiki.
Upright, Moaʻula Iki. 2015
2652 hits
A small upright and ahu lies to the left of the trail as one ascents Moaʻula Iki
The lele (altar) at Moaʻula Iki, 2015
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The lele (altar) at Moaʻula Iki.
Ordnance at Kahoʻolawe, 2015
2972 hits
The island was a naval bombing range for decades after WWII. Bombs like this can work their way to the surface, even in places scanned and cleared of UXO (unexploded ordnance).
Paʻuohiʻiaka
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Strands of Paʻuohiʻiaka thrive below a clump of pili on the hardpan. All replanting in the upland region must be done above ground because of the danger of UXO (unexploded ordance) just below the surface.
15 4 Replanting2
2568 hits
Lae Kealaikahiki, 2015
3707 hits
Its name translates as "the path to far lands." The traditional departure place for voyages to the south. Modern sailors confirm that winds and currents make this an ideal point of departure, cutting the transit time as much as 10 days. According to some accounts, the prominent line of pōhaku that used to extend out into the sea were used as target practice and destroyed by the US Navy.
Puʻu Moiwi adz quarry, 1994
3376 hits
The double upright (rare) at the adz quarry
Puʻu Moiwi adz quarry, 1994
3258 hits
A double upright (rare) at the adz quarry
Keahuohapuʻu, 1995
1977 hits
A heiau associated with fishing. Much coral is in its walls. Small uprights such as the one here appear and disappear over the years.
Kalakū
1820 hits
Danny Camplin was a surfer who drowned at Waimea in 1994. His friends and/or family made the unfortunate decision to cement a memorial plaque onto Kalakū — probably ignorant of its cultural significance.
Petroglyph
2135 hits
A well-preserved kiʻi pōhaku (petroglyph) at Kahapaʻakai
Kahapaʻakai, 2015
1981 hits
The large enclosure in the sketch in Sites of Oʻahu.
Kahapaʻakai, 2015
2139 hits
This feature lies close to the enclosure at Kapaʻakai, but was not included in the original description of the site. Perhaps a large ahu? A large structure, uncleared, lies in the bamboo behind it.
Terrace facings, Waikīkī Ahupuaʻa
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Stone-faced earth platform, Waikīkī Ahupuaʻa
1750 hits
In a large complex of sites above Honolulu
Puʻuomahuka 3, 2015
1608 hits
Rudy Mitchel commented numerous times that Puʻuomahuka might not be the name of this heiau, but just the area where it stands. He felt that Hawaiians in the l930s were protective of heiau names and locations and did not always share accurate or complete information with McAllister.
Puʻuomahuka 3
2189 hits
Rudy Mitchel commented numerous times that Puʻuomahuka might not be the name of this heiau, but just the area where it stands. He felt that Hawaiians in the l930s were protective of heiau names and locations and did not always share accurate or complete information with McAllister.
Huilua 1
1778 hits
Two stones that might - or might not - be remnants from the koʻa (fishing shrine) at Huilua. The shrine was identified by McAllister in his 1930s survey of Oʻahu, but has not been located since. In any case, the shrine lay not far from Huilua.
Hanawao 1, 1990
1782 hits
The striking upright pōhaku remaining at Hanawao / Kanawao.
Kapaʻeleʻele 1, 1990
1815 hits
A shrine for attracting schools of akule (bigeye scad) to Kahana Bay. The stone in the foreground was endangered by erosion when this image was made. It may have fallen down a gully by now.
Kapaʻeleʻele 3, 1990
2050 hits
Makaua
1833 hits