{"product_id":"native-use-of-fish","title":"Native Use of Fish in Hawaii Margaret Titcomb, with the collaboration of Mary Kawena Pukui (Paperback)","description":"\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003eFish was a staple in the diet of the ancient Hawaiians. As master fishermen, they not only knew the habits of all varieties of fish in Hawaiian waters but also practiced conservation and fish-farming and elaborated many methods of preparing their catch.\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eNative Use of Fish in Hawaii\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003edescribes this lifestyle in which fishing was a central concern.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003eThis book contains a descriptive list of Hawaiian fishes, identified by both Hawaiian and scientific names, and is illustrated with the author’s line drawings and black-and-white reproductions of eighteen watercolors by R. C. Barnfield, a British artist who lived in Hawaii for a few years in the 1890s. Also included are many of the old myths and legends associated with fishing and with the fish gods of the Hawaiian pantheon.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003eOriginally published as a supplement to the\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eJournal of the Polynesian Society,\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ethis work was compiled by the author with the help of Mary Kawena Pukui, translator of Hawaiian manuscripts and records for the Bishop Museum and coauthor of the\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eHawaiian Dictionary.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003eWritten primarily for the layman, this book with its wealth of ethnographic information will also be valuable to those studying the cultures of Oceanic peoples.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003eMARGARET TITCOMB, senior librarian of the Bernice P. Bishop Museum in Honolulu, has been a student of Pacific islands cultures for many years. Her projects include a comprehensive study of the foods of the ancient Hawaiians and wildlife conservation in Hawaii.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli align=\"justify\"\u003eUH Press, 1972\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli align=\"justify\"\u003ePaperback, 188 pages\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"UH Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":33901399376004,"sku":"","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0378\/1161\/7924\/files\/9780870227974-600x900.jpg?v=1783730480","url":"https:\/\/basically-books-co.myshopify.com\/products\/native-use-of-fish","provider":"Basically Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}