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County: Honolulu
Site_Name: Kuao, a named stone.
Island: Oahu
Traditional_District: Koolaupoko
District: Koolaupoko
Ahupuaa: Mokapu, Kaneohe
Site_Function: F-Uprt stne/nat.feat
Complex: No
Tax_Map_Key: 4-4-08:
State_Site_Number: 50-80-11-2426
BM_site_number: 50-Oa-G05-033
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Survey_Type: Recon. survey
Survey_Date: 1939
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SiteType: Kuao, a named stone. A female stone on Mokapu that "gave birth" like a human being. Every now and then a "baby" stone was born and dropped into the sea.
Bibliography: Sterling/Summers, 1962, Sites of Oahu, p. 204 Mrs. C. Alona, Informant, Sept. 29, 1939, Kailua-Waimanalo, Oahu Place Names Fiddler, Frank, Mokapu, A study of the land, p. 6