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County: Maui
Site_Name: Pakaikai Awa Bowls
Island: Molokai
Traditional_District: Molokai
District: East Molokai
Ahupuaa: Waialua
Site_Function: R-Other site type
Complex: No
Tax_Map_Key: 5-7-3-
State_Site_Number: 50-60-05-227
BM_site_number: 50-Mo-A06-006
Project_Number: 090
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Survey_Type: Recon. survey
Survey_Date: 1974
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Form_of_Ownership: Federal
Owner: Federal Reserve
Owner_Address: ?
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SiteType: Pakaikai Awa Bowls. "At Pakaikai is found a large stone lying by the bank of the stream, in which are dug four holes, each eight inches in diameter and six inches deep. They are finely polished inside....claimed to have been used as awa cups for Kamehameha-ai-luau. They were chiselled with stone implements ...another hole dug in another rock and much larger and deeper ...said to be place where awa is cleaned and purified..." Not located in 1974 Statewide Inventory.
Bibliography: 69025, C.C. Summers, 1971, Molokai: A Site Survey, PAR 14, Site 227, pp. 149, 150 Statewide Inventory, 1974