Title: | Ke Anuenue; Hawaiian Culture Art Prints |
Circa: | 1952 |
Medium: | Art catalogue |
IAC Permanent Collection. Not for sale. |
In her book Ke Anuenue, Fraser reminisces how the Hawaiian women who made and sold leis at the pier and the airport found themselves out of work after Pearl Harbor. When the U.S. Engineers organized a camouflage unit, these women brought to this project the necessary skill, color imagination, and knowledge of the countryside. The day after Christmas 1941, ten Hawaiian women reported for work at the Kalihi Camouflage Factory. Each net had its own color scheme. Garlanding was the most picturesque feature of the work and the women remain graceful as their bodies leaned slightly backward against the pull of the nets. Says Fraser: “Their left hands caught lightly in the brown net, held it taut, while their right hands threaded dyed strips through the eyes of the net with a rhythm reminiscent of the hula.”
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