Ike Ulana Lau Hala

This is a collection of articles and images about the Hawaiian tradition of ulana lau hala: weaving by hand of dried Pandanus tectorius leaves. The book considers the humble hala leaf through several very different lenses, an analysis of lau hala items that occur in historic photographs from the Bishop Museum collections; the ecological history on hala in Hawaii and the Pacific including serious challenges to its survival and strategies to prevent its extinction; perspectives-in Hawaiian-of a native speaker from Niihau on master weavers and the relationship between teacher and learner.