He wears a ti leaf
rain cape and holds a yellow fin tuna ('ahi). A favorite pearl shell
lure with a bone hook is carried around his neck.
In the background,
the presence of birds betrays a surface-feeding school of skipjack tuna
(aku). Fishermen sail through the school, chumming the water and hauling
in aku that have struck their lures.
At lower left, a man
hunts the shallows with a spear of hardwood, lighting his way with a candlenut
(kukui) torch. The oily dried nutmeats were strung on bamboo skewers to
make candles, and a handful of these, stuffed into a section of bamboo and
ignited, gave a bright light.
At lower right, men net a catch of
silver perch (aholehole), a great delicacy.
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