Puka shell

ʻO nā pūpū puka he mau mea like me nā helu e kūlohelohe ana a hiki ke loaʻa ma kekahi mau kahakai ma Hawaiʻi a i ʻole i nā wahi ʻē aʻe, akā, ua ulu mai lākou a pau mai ka hope o kekahi mea ola i ke kai. ʻO kēlā me kēia he piko i ʻōlinolino ʻia o ka pūpū kōnui. ʻO "puka" ka huaʻōlelo Hawaiʻi no ka "puka" a he mea ia e kuhikuhi ana i ka puka kūlohelohe i waenakonu o kēia mau ʻāpana pūpū i ʻōlinolino a me ka puni. ʻO kēia mau helu kūlohelohe, ua hana ʻia i nā lei ʻāʻī.

He nui nā hoʻohālike haʻahaʻa kumukūʻai i kūʻai ʻia nei ma ke ʻano he lei ʻāʻī pūpū puka. ʻAʻole nā pūpū o nā lei ʻāʻī pūpū puka i kēia mau lā mai nā pūpū kōnui, akā, mai nā pūpū ʻē aʻe, a i ʻole mai ka palaki. Eia kekahi, ke kūʻai ʻia nei kekahi mau kaula helu i hana ʻia mai nā pūpū kōnui, akā, ʻaʻole i hana ʻia nā helu o kēia mau lei ma o nā kaʻina kūlohelohe. Ua hana ʻia lākou ma ka lima mai nā pūpū piha ma ka hoʻohana ʻana i nā ʻūhini e wāwahi ai i ka pūpū i ka ʻāpana pono, a laila e hoʻopili i nā hopena paʻakikī i ka hoʻomoe huli, i mea e hāʻawi ai i kēlā me kēia helu i nā ʻaoʻao palahalaha a i ʻole pālahalaha i ka hoʻohālike ʻana i ka hana kūlohelohe a ka pūpū i loaʻa i ke kai no nā manawa lōʻihi.

ʻO nā pūpū puka maoli a pau he mea maʻalahi loa ke hana ʻia i nā lei ʻāʻī, nā kupeʻe lima a me nā kupeʻe wāwae no ka mea ua kūlou lākou i kūlohelohe, i hiki ke kaula ʻia e like me nā helu. Ua lilo ka mea hana pūpū puka i mea kaulana ma Hawaiʻi i nā makahiki 1960, he mea nani a haʻahaʻa kumukūʻai hoʻi i hiki ke hana ʻia a kūʻai ʻia ma ke kahakai. I nā makahiki 1970, ua lilo kēia ʻano mea hana pūpū i mea nui loa e ʻimi ʻia ana, a piʻi aʻela nā kumukūʻai. Ua hoʻonui ʻia nō hoʻi ka mākaukau o ka hana ʻana a ua kaula ʻia nā lei pūpū puka i nā ʻano piha a like paha, ʻokoʻa mai nā ʻano kūʻauhau mua.

I kēia wā, ua haku ʻia he nui nā "moʻolelo" e pili ana i ka pūpū puka, a ua kōkua kēia mau moʻolelo i ke kūʻai ʻana.

## Hana Kūlohelohe o ka Pūpū Puka
ʻO ka helu hope loa o ka pūpū o ka pūpū kōnui, he ʻano kōnui ia a pani ʻia ma ka piko. Ke wili ʻia ka pūpū hakahaka e nā nalu ma ka kai kūʻi a me ka ʻiliʻili kai, ʻoki ʻia a i ʻole hōʻemi ʻia iki iki ka helu hope loa o ka pūpū, e waiho ana i ka luna paʻa o ka pūpū.

Me ka manawa lawa, e ʻaʻahu ʻia nō hoʻi ka piko o ke kūkū o ka pūpū, a pēlā e hana ʻia ai kahi puka kūlohelohe mai kēia ʻaoʻao a i kēlā ʻaoʻao. Hiki ke nānā ʻia kēia ʻāpana pūpū he ʻano helu kūlohelohe, a ʻike ʻia ma Hawaiʻi he "puka shell". ʻAʻole pālahalaha nā pūpū puka maoli: ʻo kekahi ʻaoʻao o ka helu he ʻano puʻupuʻu iki; ʻo kekahi ʻaoʻao he ʻano āliali. Ma ka ʻaoʻao āliali o ka helu, maopopo leʻa ka ʻano hīnaʻi o loko o ke kūkū o ka pūpū kōnui.

## Mea Hana Pūpū Puka
He paʻakikī ke loaʻa nā ʻāpana pūpū kōnui i hoʻohuli ʻia e ka nūnū e kūpono ana e hoʻohana ʻia he helu i nā nui nui, no laila, ʻaʻole maʻamau ka mea hana pūpū puka i hana ʻia maoli loa. ʻOi aku ka pipiʻi o ka mea hana pūpū i hana ʻia mai nā pūpū puka kūlohelohe no ka hana a me ka manawa e pono ai i ka ʻimi a me ka koho lima ʻana i kēia mau ʻāpana pūpū ʻaʻole maʻamau mai ke kahakai.

I kēia au hou, hoʻohana ʻia nā helu i ʻoki ʻia mai nā ʻano pūpū ʻē aʻe, a i ʻole nā helu palaki, e hana i ka mea hana pūpū puka hoʻohālike. Ua hoʻohālua ʻia kekahi mau pūpū kōnui i mea e hiki ai ke wāwahi a hōʻemi i ka hana ʻana i ka mea hana pūpū puka e ʻoi aku ka ʻoiaʻiʻo ke nānā aku, akā, ʻaʻole ia he maoli ma ka paepae o nā kumu mua.

ʻO ka lōʻihi nui o ka laumania e hōʻike ana ua hoʻopau ʻia nā pūpū i loko o ka lei i ka hoʻomaʻamaʻa huli. Inā he ʻāʻī nā ʻaoʻao o nā helu pūpū, ua hoʻohālua ʻia nā pūpū a wāwahi ʻia e ka lima i ke ʻano. Inā he poepoe pono a pālahalaha nā ʻaoʻao o ka "puka" a i ʻole ka lua waena, a laila ua kō ʻia ka lua e ka kanaka.