Mauna Kea Galleries

Mauna Kea Galleries offers collectors a number of rare and otherwise highly coveted items. Among these are hard-to-find books, including early missionary accounts of Hawaii, Reverend William Ellis’ A Journal of a Tour Around Hawaii, and Isabella Bird’s Six Months in the Sandwich Islands.

Mauna Kea Galleries also features books about the various explorations of the Pacific Ocean, including the famous adventures of Captain Cook and other well-known explorers. In addition, we have 18th century engravings of Hawaii that were once a part of Captain Cook’s third voyage atlas.

Other rare prints and engravings include botanical and wildlife records and vintage maps of both the Hawaiian Islands and other Polynesian areas. The large collection of artifacts gathered by Mauna Kea Galleries includes poi pounders, calabashes, ulu maika, kukui nut lamps, kappa, tapa beaters, weapons, and hooks. Recently, the gallery came into possession of an 18th century game piece and two 18th century pounders.

Mauna Kea Galleries also has a variety of artifacts from Easter Island, Tonga, Tahiti, Fiji, Samoa, New Zealand, the Cook Islands, and the Marquesas. A specialty of Mauna Kea Galleries, we have an extensive collection of Koa furniture. The most popular of Hawaiian woods, Koa is durable and resistant to insects while also maintaining a degree of softness and malleability. Since it is so easily worked and looks gorgeous when finished, Koa quickly became one of the most popular woods throughout Hawaii and beyond.

Mauna Kea Galleries offers a number of Koa furniture pieces that embody both beauty and usability. All of the items offered through Mauna Kea Galleries are available on its website, MaunaKeaGalleries.com, as well as information about ordering or locating any pieces missing from your collection.