‘Ulumaika - Game Stone (50-Oa-D06-040-TP1-003)

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Type: ‘Ulumaika or maika Material: Basalt
Dimensions: 7.57 x 4.74 cm Origin: Anahulu Valley
Use: A disc-shaped stone used in a game between two players. Players competed by rolling the ʻulumaika upon the kahua, a prepared outdoor course. The game highlighted the diverse skills of its players; demonstrating strength for the farthest distance an ‘ulumaika would roll, accuracy through masterful delivery of the stone between two sticks, and of speed by retrieving an ‘ulumaika after a roll. ‘Ulumaika was used to select runners for the ali‘i, being trusted with delivering important messages across vast distances.

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