Roy E. King Hawaii sculptor-McInerny Department Store - General Tiki

T tikilongbeach Tiki Socialite Long Beach, CA via Dallas, TX Joined: Aug 05, 2011 Posts: 1686	T tikilongbeach Posted posted on Mon, Nov 10, 2014 8:11 AM The blog post has been copy and pasted. http://roykingart.blogspot.com/2010/04/mcinernys-department-stores-and-roy.html In 1947 Roy King designed and executed sculpture and decorations for McInerny’s Ltd. Department Store located at Fort and King Streets in Honolulu. He carved out of native Koa wood a large, 8 foot by 10 foot, sculptural logo of the company, the “house-mark”, for the exterior of the building. “My most important or imposing work was some (2) Hawaiian God columns in McInerny’s Basement Store, carved in existing lava rock 3’x3’x8’.” He carved massive Hawaiian gods, Ku and Hina, in a lava rock, kunia stone, for the Men’s department. Ku, the male element, the architect and builder of Hawaiian theology, and Hina, the female element, earth mother, were used in ancient ceremonies and worshipped in the temples. Located on the basement level of the building, these were the columns supporting the main floor beams. At the opening of the store, March 8, 1948, there was a dedication and blessing of the building according to ancient Hawaiian rituals. In front of the two carved gods, David K. Bray, a Hawaiian, whose ancestors were high priests to Hawaii’s Kings, performed the blessing ceremony. He purified the building by sprinkling salt water as he walked into the sacred area before the gods. Attired in the robes of a priest, he chanted a prayer to the gods. He then offered the gods awa and coconut water, asking their protection for the people who work in the buildings. He then offered an egg, symbol of productivity, and a young growing taro plant. With these offerings he chanted praises to the gods and asked that the business flourishes and prospers like the growing taro plant. For McInerny’s Waikiki store in 1952 Roy provided similar wood and stone carvings of Hawaiian gods, carved wood table lamps and introduced the use of local sandstone facings for the façade of the store. Both the Honolulu and Waikiki stores have been demolished and the art lost. -Lori [ Edited by: tikilongbeach 2014-11-10 09:22 ]

The blog post has been copy and pasted.

http://roykingart.blogspot.com/2010/04/mcinernys-department-stores-and-roy.html

In 1947 Roy King designed and executed sculpture and decorations for McInerny’s Ltd. Department Store located at Fort and King Streets in Honolulu. He carved out of native Koa wood a large, 8 foot by 10 foot, sculptural logo of the company, the “house-mark”, for the exterior of the building. “My most important or imposing work was some (2) Hawaiian God columns in McInerny’s Basement Store, carved in existing lava rock 3’x3’x8’.” He carved massive Hawaiian gods, Ku and Hina, in a lava rock, kunia stone, for the Men’s department. Ku, the male element, the architect and builder of Hawaiian theology, and Hina, the female element, earth mother, were used in ancient ceremonies and worshipped in the temples. Located on the basement level of the building, these were the columns supporting the main floor beams. At the opening of the store, March 8, 1948, there was a dedication and blessing of the building according to ancient Hawaiian rituals. In front of the two carved gods, David K. Bray, a Hawaiian, whose ancestors were high priests to Hawaii’s Kings, performed the blessing ceremony. He purified the building by sprinkling salt water as he walked into the sacred area before the gods. Attired in the robes of a priest, he chanted a prayer to the gods. He then offered the gods awa and coconut water, asking their protection for the people who work in the buildings. He then offered an egg, symbol of productivity, and a young growing taro plant. With these offerings he chanted praises to the gods and asked that the business flourishes and prospers like the growing taro plant.
For McInerny’s Waikiki store in 1952 Roy provided similar wood and stone carvings of Hawaiian gods, carved wood table lamps and introduced the use of local sandstone facings for the façade of the store. Both the Honolulu and Waikiki stores have been demolished and the art lost.

-Lori

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