The Painted King is Glenn Wharton’s account of his efforts to conserve the Kamehameha I statue in rural Kapa’au, North Kohala.

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In almost every part of the world where early mankind has lived, he has made pictures by carving into natural rock surfaces. In a general way, all of these petroglyphs have a common character throughout the world, but it is also true that each culture has produced distinct petroglyphs that can be re [...]
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Tattooing in the Marshall Islands Dirk H.R. Spennemann The first scholarly compilation on the history, progression and demise of the traditionally intricate art of Marshallese tattooing. This book richly documents this type of tattooing as an art, describing its incredible ornamental and elaborate [...]
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