Ka Wai Ola - Office of Hawaiian Affairs, Volume 8, Number 11, 1 November 1991 — Kapahulu shop offers feather lei [ARTICLE]

Kapahulu shop offers feather lei

Fine feather lei and other jewels of the feathermaker's art are now available through the new Kapahulu shop of longtime feather artist Mary Lou Kekuewa. The shop, Na Lima Mili Hulu No'eau, is located at 762 Kapahulu Ave., phone 732-0865. Hours are 9 a.m.-9 p.m. Monday-Friday and 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Saturdays. Aunty Mary Lou Kaleonahenahe and her

husband, Paul Kalakoho O Kuhio Kekuewa, are regular instructors at Bishop Museum where they have taught for years. Classes eonhnue there from 9 a.m.-2 p.m. Thursdays at Hawaiian Hall. Their brilliant feather creations are popular items at island crafts fairs. Kekuewa and her daughter, Paulette Nohealani Kekuewa Kahalepuna, recently co-authored an illustrated how-to book on the feather worker's art.