HAWAIIAN HULA DANCERS,  SURFERS AND PA'U RIDERS

GNOMES, DWARVES, PIXIES

 

Below are the Hawaiian Hula figurines which are available right now:

Medium standing - 6" high, sitting 3" high
Small standing - 3" high, sitting - 2" high

Large Hula Girl - 6" - 10" high

Medium standing - 6" high, sitting 3" high
Small standing - 3" - 4" high, sitting - 2" high

Medium Hula Girls, lying - 1" high - 6" wide
Small Hula Girl - Standing 4" high
Small Hula Girl - Sitting 3" high

Little Hawaiian Babies - 2" high

Queen Liliuokalani - 11" high

If you would like to see a larger picture of any of these please send an email and mention which figurine you are interested in.
Prices for these are listed below.

LARGE FIGURINES - SITTING 6" HIGH, STANDING 10 " HIGH Hawaiian Hula Dancer or Coffee Picker.................................................$158.00 Hawaiian Hula Girl with fruit platter ........................................................$168.00 MEDIUM FIGURINES - SITTING 4'' HIGH, STANDING 6" HIGH Hawaiian Hula Dancer .............................................................................$88.00 Hawaiian Hula Girl with fruit platter ..........................................................$98.00 SMALL FIGURINES - SITING  2-3 " HIGH,  STANDING  3-4 " HIGH Hawaiian Menehune.................................................................................$58.00 Hawaiian Hula Dancer Keiki (Child) 4" high..............................................$68.00 Hawaiian Hula Dancer Keiki (Child) 3" high..............................................$66.00 Tiny Hula Baby in Shell Christmas Ornament............................................$40.00 Little Hawaiian Babies - 2" high..................................... Each - $20.00 RIDERS ON HORSES Hawaiian Pa`u Rider 14" High................................................................$250.00 Hawaiian Pa`u Rider  12" High...............................................................$230.00 SPECIALITY FIGURINE Queen Liliuokalani..................................................................................$220.00

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"Hula is the language of the heart and therefore the heartbeat of the Hawaiian people." -Kalakaua Rex-

A graceful girl with long hair and dark eyes, grass skirt swaying side to side, her hands telling stories of life in Hawaii and the beauty of the islands. The image of the Hawaiian hula dancer recalls not only Hawaiian days gone by, but the new Hawaii of today. Hula means dance in Hawaiian. It has been passed down for hundreds of years in Hawaii and even today it is still evolving. Yet no one knows where or why the hula began, or how the ancient Hawaiians danced. There are no records. In the old days hula was exchanged between islanders to preserve their culture, share histories and tell stories. It was a simple dance with only a few basic steps. The different islands developed their own styles simply because the distances between each other was too far to travel very often. When the missionaries arrived they found the dance indecent and discouraged its practice. It was even forbidden to dance it in public. The hula seemed sure to become obsolete if not for the revival in the early 1900's by interested visitors to Hawaii. The hula dancers of today are sharing in the knowledge and culture of their rich and colorful past, bringing from deep within the dancer a spiritual heritage linking the beauty of Hawaii  today with the Hawaii of yesterday.

Large Hawaiian Hula Girls - 6" sitting, 10" high standing, 2" high 6" wide lying

So sweet in 10 different positions. These babies have hand painted faces and hair with realistic head or neck lei and fowers.

The surfboards these men are riding are made from hawaiian Koa wood and are made by Kandice's husband Rodney.

         Medium Hawaiian Surfers  8" high

Pa`u Riders - Many Parades now seen in Hawaii are graced with the magnificent Pa`u Riders. Each Hawaiian island is represented by a different flower and color. In the early days Hawaiian women rode horses for recreation, socializing and just about everything. Being free spirited from social restrictions they did not wish to sit side-saddle while riding. So they would draw up the back end of their skirt and mount their horse astride. The word for skirt in Hawaiian is pa`u and so they became known as Pa`u riders. If the women were attending a social gathering a far distance away, they would wrap a long sheet of plain muslin around them in the pa`u fashion so as to keep their good dresses from getting soiled. This unique skirt developed into the elaborate ones worn in the parades today. The Hawaiians love for flowers was also shown towards their horses and their mounts were often seen wearing colorful leis around their necks. This tradition became an important part of the pa`u units attire seen in today's parades.

Beautifully dressed in their island colors, the pa`u parade is lead by the pa`u queen, often dressed in red. Then each island is preceded by the princess, her ladies in waiting and paniolo (cowboy) outrider. The colors and flowers symbolizing each island are: red-lehua-Island of Hawaii, green-kukui-Island of Molokai, yellow-ilima-Island of Oahu, pink-lokelani-Island of Maui, orange-kauna`oa-Island of Lanai, purple-mokihana-Island of Kauai, gray or blue-hina hina-Island of Kaho`olawe, white or brown-pupu o ni`ihau-Island of Ni`ihau.

HAWAIIAN PA`U RIDERS  12"- 14"  high

Hawaii's last monarch was Queen Liliuokalani who lived from 1838-1917. Her reign was from 1891-1893 until it was overthrown by a group of American businessmen who wanted Hawaii to become part of America. This doll sculpture is in honor of her.

The Hawaiian royalty wore elaborate gowns for important occasions and black was the color chosen most often. They also wore satin sashes which were decorated with precious metal and stone ornaments.

Kona Coffee is world renown for it's rich flavor. The industry would not be what it is today without the tireless workers who maintain the farms and pick the coffee. It is labor intensive with very small $ rewards. The farm workers were originally immigrants from Japan and the Philippines whose descendants make up the diversified people of Hawaii today. Nowadays many of the farms import workers from Mexico.