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Ko'ona 1997, reprinted 2017

Accession No.
2017.319
Date Created
1997, reprinted 2017
Gallery location
Not on public display
Department
Pacific Art
Dimensions A
40.6 x 50.8cm
Media Category
Photograph
Secondary Media Category
gelatin silver photograph
Medium
Gelatin silver photograph on fibre-based paper
Credit Line
Purchased 2017 with funds from the Bequest of Jennifer Taylor through the Queensland Art Gallery | Gallery of Modern Art Foundation

ʻEuʻeu ka puhi i ka huna kai o Kapukaulua,
leʻaleʻa ka maka i ke kai o Lehoʻula.
Ke ʻume nei ka makau lehua a ʻAiʻai,
lawa lua ke kāwelewele hau ʻo ʻAleamai.
Ahuwale ka iwi kuamoʻo o Wailau,
Pōhā ka hanu ʻo Koʻona ma ke kai laumeki.

The eel cavorts in the sea foam of Kapukaulua;
the eye delighted in the ocean of Lehoʻula.
Lured by the pearl fishhook of ʻAiʻai,
strong as the hau ropes of ʻAleamai,
the ridges of Wailau are in full view,
Koʻona’s gasping breath in the receding tide
 

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© Kapulani Landgraf

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