Hā lawaiʻa (stone sinker)
Hawaiian Stone Artifact. Length: 2 1/2 inches, Width: 2 1/8 inches (at widest point), Thickness: 1 1/4 inch (at widest point) , Color: Grey/ Blue, Weight: 5.6 oz. Item appears to be no more than simply a large pebble of volcanic rock. If so it is simply a psuedo artifact. However, the Hawaiians had many uses for the simplest stones so that it could have been used in some way such as a sling stone. This is only speculative.
There are many different Hawaiian terms for stone sinker; Pōhaku (former word); kēpau (modern). Also: hā, hā lawaiʻa; pākā (on deep-sea line); pōhākialoa, pōhākioloa (on nets); pōhaku lūheʻe, ʻiole, papa, puʻukuʻua (rare) (on octopus lures). Kinds of stone used for octopus-lure sinkers: hāwaʻe, naninui, palaʻā, papa, pūlewa, waimano, ka-ua-ʻula, komana. (Pukui, 1991). Fishing was a big part of Hawaiian culture, hence the attention to naming practices and description in the language and specificity of terms.
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