County: Honolulu
Site_Name: Wakaina Heiau (des.). Called "Umimua" by Thrum.
Island: Oahu
Traditional_District: Kona
District: Honolulu
Ahupuaa: Umimua, Moanalua
Site_Function: Heiau
Complex: No
Tax_Map_Key: 1-1-13:
State_Site_Number: 50-80-14-077
BM_site_number: 50-Oa-A07-002
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Surveyor: McAllister/Thrum
Survey_Type: Recon. survey
Survey_Date: 1930
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Form_of_Ownership: Private
Owner: Damon Estate.
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SiteType: Wakaina Heiau (des.). Called "Umimua" by Thrum. A Wakaina heiau on the land of Umimua. On the plateau now cultivated, mountain side of the Damon home, Namakehelu indicated the site, of which nothing remains. Thrum, who called the heiau Umimua, says: "Heiau Pookanaka, about 100 x 70 feet. Some little distance below it is said to be its sacrificial stone. Its walls are yet to be seen, in ruins."
Bibliography: J. McAllister, 1933, BPBM Bulletin #104, Arch. of Oahu, Site 77- A, p. 93 Sterling/Summers, 1962, BPBM Press, Sites of Oahu, p. 329 T.G. Thrum, 1907, 1909, Heiaus and Heiau Sites Throughout the Hawaiian Islands, Hawaiian Annual
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