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Gallery
Restoration, Preservation, and Exhibition

Preserving the living traditions of Hawaiian canoe building and paddling culture.

Canoe ceremony with rainbow
Ceremony The A'a relaunch
Prince Kuhio Aa Ceremony paddlers
Ceremony Prince Kuhiō 'A'a Ceremony — paddlers adorned with lei
Canoe prow adorned with greenery
Craft A'a dressed in fresh maile
Canoe silhouette at sunset
On the Water Relaunch of A'a in November 2025
Canoe on calm water with rainbow
Ceremony A'a glides beneath the arc of a rainbow
Craftsman sanding canoe hull
Allan Dowsett restoring A'a
Canoe displayed indoors with ama
Preservation & Exhibition Traditional wa'a with lashed ama on display
Canoe suspended in hotel lobby
Preservation & Exhibition An outrigger suspended as living art
Canoe in gallery space
Preservation & Exhibition Kiholo — a canoe carrying its history into the room
Lashing detail on canoe cross-beam
Craft Coconut-fiber lashing — a knot holding generations
Canoe hull in workshop 2000
Allan Dowsett restoring the A'a
Canoe in hotel lobby on stands
Preservation & Exhibition A'a on display
Mālama i ka wa'a