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Fornander collection of Hawaiian antiquities and folk-lore, Volume 3 (of 3)

Note 78 — PREFACE. (continued 5)

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The paehumu here mentioned has reference to the row of images before the altar. The images around the outer walls of temples of sacrifice takes the same name. These were not held sacred, as idols, for tradition credits Kawelo with taking the paehumu of a Waianae heiau for firewood in preparing a feast for his warriors the night before their leaving for Kauai. ↑

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