Post #737611 by Chip and Andy on Wed, Feb 18, 2015 7:01 AM

On 2015-02-18 06:29, AceExplorer wrote:

But things which may have, like the tapa cloth coverings and such, are probably too old to salvage and may have been glued or nailed in place.

Some are glued in place, some are shellacked or lacquered in place, very little of the Tapa on the walls could be recovered. It could be documented in photos and maybe then recreated.....

But carvings could be removed, cleaned and restored, and then re-installed in a better physical building.

Most everything of interest has been taken out of the building already. All that is left in there is some bamboo, some thatching, the tapa on the walls.... anything that could be removed has already been removed from the inside.

I took a bunch of photos outside and around the gift shop when I was at the last Hukilau, and some of my photos were taken through the glass. I'll have to pull those up and see what the interior looked like.

Yes... and no....

Yes because it is always interesting.

No because it is depressing to see what it looks like now.

For example....

Now it looks like this:

But it used to look like this:

The before picture is so much more exciting, the current picture not so much.

I do hope the Historic Designation helps with the that building because it would be awesome to turn it into a banquet room that could be rented out for parties!

[ Edited by: chip and andy 2015-02-18 10:31 ]

[ Edited by: Chip and Andy 2015-02-18 10:31 ]