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The Hula Pahu of Old Hawai`i was hand carved from coconut
stumps, then headed with the skin of the Tiger Shark.
The traditional making of the hula pahu takes much time, even
in the right weather conditions. The right weather
conditions I speak of are of course in Hawai`i. The
temperature is always above 80 degrees, the sun is always
shining (for the most part) to dry the stumps in each stage of
chiseling, the ocean always had sharks available for food and
then for the use of the skin. The Hawaiian People never
wasted anything and are always looking at methods of "making
due" with what the Good Lord provided for us. Now days, we
have to use whatever good hard woods are available to us to
make the hula pahu. Coconut stumps are still used when
available, all types of Palm stumps are used, Milo, Koa,
Monkey Pod, many other available woods are used in this day
and age. To head the hula pahu, shark skin is just not
available in any quantity for purchase or use and considered
quite special to have one on your hula pahu. Today, we
use cow hide, elk and deer, goat, almost any skin that will
still give the strength to stretch, and make the resounding
"ring" when played. The hula pahu that I am offering are
made of available woods too. Many of these are made of
Milo and some of coconut. The hula pahu will be
identified below as of what woods are used as well as the
method of making. There are 2 methods of cutting the
hula pahu center for sound. The one method is to cut and
hollow the entire center of the stump as was done in Old
Hawai`i. The other method is to cut a sound chamber in
the hula pahu. This is when you cut out from top to
about 2/3 of the way down and stop. You then invert the
hula pahu and start to hollow out from the bottom to where you
stopped from the top. This (in short) will create a
chamber where air is captured and the sound resonates in the
hula pahu. As you can see in the photo above, these hula
pahu shells are hand carved with hand tools. The shapes
at the base of the hula pahu are not perfect, the body of the
hula pahu is not sanded completely smooth, most lines are
smooth and straight but still with the slight imperfection of
work by hand and tool. I offer this style of hula pahu
to honor the Old Hawai`i tradition of hand made. Most of
the hula pahu are headed with cow hide and some will be headed
with shark skin when available. This will be identified
in each description of each hula pahu as they are listed.
I hope you enjoy this selection of hula pahu.
 
This hula
pahu made is made of is made of Milo harvested in South
America. What we know Milo as in Hawai`i, is known by
other different names around the world. In South
America, Africa, North America, Milo is just another tree
growing in the forest or on the vast landscape of these
countries. This hula pahu is headed with cow hide and
lashed with black nylon cord. The body of this hula pahu
is carved straight through and does have a nice low tone.
This is the actual hula pahu you will receive if ordered.
The dimensions of this hula pahu is 24" tall x 16" across and
has a low tone, sound clip will be available soon.
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For this
hula pahu:
Price: $ 1,100.00
Now Available |
This hula
pahu made is made of is made of Milo harvested in South
America. What we know Milo as in Hawai`i, is known by
other different names around the world. In South
America, Africa, North America, Milo is just another tree
growing in the forest or on the vast landscape of these
countries. This hula pahu is headed with cow hide and
lashed with black nylon cord. The body of this hula pahu
is carved straight through and does have a nice low tone.
This is the actual hula pahu you will receive if ordered.
The dimensions of this hula pahu is 22" tall x 16" across and
has a medium low tone, sound clip will be available soon.
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For this
hula pahu:
Price: $ 900.00
Now Available |
This hula
pahu made is made of is made of Milo harvested in South
America. What we know Milo as in Hawai`i, is known by
other different names around the world. In South
America, Africa, North America, Milo is just another tree
growing in the forest or on the vast landscape of these
countries. This hula pahu is headed with cow hide and
lashed with black nylon cord. The body of this hula pahu
is carved straight through and does have a nice low tone.
This is one of the actual hula pahu you will receive if
ordered. The dimensions of these hula pahu are 18" tall
x 14" across and has a low tone, sound clip will be available
soon.
| 2 Hula Pahu
available this size |
For this
hula pahu:
Price: $ 700.00
Now Available |
This hula
pahu made is made of is made of Milo harvested in South
America. What we know Milo as in Hawai`i, is known by
other different names around the world. In South
America, Africa, North America, Milo is just another tree
growing in the forest or on the vast landscape of these
countries. This hula pahu is headed with cow hide and
lashed with black nylon cord. The body of this hula pahu
is carved straight through and does have a nice medium tone.
The dimensions of these hula pahu are 16" tall x 12" across
and has a low tone, sound clip will be available soon.
| 5 Hula Pahu
available this size |
For this
hula pahu:
Price: $500.00
Now Available |
This laupa`iki made is made of is
made of Milo harvested in South America. What we know
Milo as in Hawai`i, is known by other different names around
the world. In South America, Africa, North America, Milo
is just another tree growing in the forest or on the vast
landscape of these countries. This hula pahu is headed
with cow hide and lashed with black nylon cord. The body
of this hula pahu is carved straight through and does have a
nice high tone. The dimensions of this hula pahu is 10"
tall x 7" across and has a low tone, sound clip will be
available soon.
| 3 Laupa`iki
available this size |
For
these Laupa`iki:
Price: $ 175.00
Now Available |
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This hula
pahu made is made of is made of Milo harvested in Hawai`i.
This hula pahu is headed with cow hide and lashed with cotton
blend cord. The body of this hula pahu is carved with a
sound chamber and does have a nice medium tone. This is
the actual hula pahu you will receive if ordered. The
dimensions of this hula pahu is 16" tall x 13" across and has
a low tone, sound clip will be available soon.
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For this
hula pahu:
Price: $ 800.00
Now Available |
This hula
pahu made is made of is made of Milo harvested in Hawai`i.
This hula pahu is headed with cow hide and lashed with a
cotton blend cord. The body of this hula pahu is carved
with a sound chamber and does have a nice medium tone.
This is the actual hula pahu you will receive if ordered.
The dimensions of this hula pahu is 31" tall x 10.5" across
and has a low tone, sound clip will be available soon.
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For this
hula pahu:
Price: $ 1,800.00 |
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pahu made of
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Shown below is a hand made hula
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