County: Maui
Site_Name: Moku Ho'oniki Island
Island: Molokai
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District: East Molokai
Ahupuaa: Moakea
Site_Function: R-Other site type F-Uprt stne/nat.feat D-Rockshel/lavatube
Complex: No
Tax_Map_Key: 5-8-15:11
State_Site_Number: 50-60-05-239
BM_site_number: 50-Mo-A03-003
Project_Number: 090
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Survey_Type: Recon. survey
Survey_Date: 1974
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Form_of_Ownership: State
Owner: State of Hawaii
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SiteType: Moku Ho'oniki Island; a small island east of Moakea, with 2 pits, one where bodies were thrown, the other where pigs were roasted and eaten. A cave on the makai side of the point is said to have had a canoe in it. Also there are 2 stones on the island, above and below, known as Kane and Kanaloa. Statewide Inventory, 1974, "Inaccessible due to weather."
Bibliography: C.C. Summers, 1971, Molokai: A Site Survey, PAR 14, Site 239, p. 155 41625, Samuel M. Kamakau, 1867, Ka Moolilo Hawaii: Wahaula Heiau.
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