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Hawaiian Garden, (sculpture). Artist:  Kaohi, Aletha, sculptor. Kakuda, Douglas, contractor. Title:  Hawaiian Garden, (sculpture). Other Titles:  Ka Pahu Kaua'I O Lono, (sculpture). Sound of the Drums of Lono, (sculpture). Dates:  1982. Medium:  Basalt boulders, lava rock, cement mortar and plant materials. Dimensions:  Overall: approx. H. 69 ft. x W. 44 ft.; Paving way: approx. L. 62 ft. x W. 4 ft. 5 in. Inscription:  (Signed on bronze plaque:) Aletha Kaohi (Bronze plaque on altar, Ki'ia base at west end of garden:) State Foundation on Culture and the Arts/Art in Public Places/Hawaiian Garden/Landscaping/1982/by Aletha Kaohi/State of Hawaii/Department of Accounting and General Services signed Description:  Landscaped courtyard seemingly recreates a Hawaiian Heiau or temple landscape. Subject:  Allegory -- Place -- Hawaii Landscape -- Garden Object Type:  Earthwork Site-specific Outdoor Sculpture -- Hawaii -- Waimea Sculpture Owner:  Administered by State of Hawaii, State Foundation on Culture and the Arts, Art in Public Places Program, 250 South Hotel Street, 2nd Floor, Honolulu, Hawaii 96813 Located Waimea High School, 9707 Tsuchiya Road, Courtyard between Buildings S & T, Waimea, Hawaii Remarks:  IAS files contain diagram and detailed description of the sculpture. Originally stones were not mortared together; but subsequently mortared because of school children pranks. Douglas Kakuda was the stone mason. References:  Save Outdoor Sculpture, Hawaii survey, 1993. State of Hawaii, State Foundation on Culture and the Arts, 1991. Illustration:  Image on file. Note:  The information provided about this artwork was compiled as part of the Smithsonian American Art Museum's Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture database, designed to provide descriptive and location information on artworks by American artists in public and private collections worldwide. Repository:  Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture, Smithsonian American Art Museum, P.O. Box 37012, MRC 970, Washington, D.C. 20013-7012 Control Number:  IAS 66260157   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture 66260157 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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