Hula Pahu: Hawaiian Drum Dances
Volume II: The Pahu: Sounds of Power

      by Elizabeth Tatar

This engrossing study reconstructs the earliest vocabulary of Hawaiian chant and drumming by surveying the mythological origins of pahu, identifying similar sharkskin-covered drums in Polynesia, and examining specific chants and transcriptions of pahu performances.

Softcover, 358 pages
Published:  1994
Price:
  $40.00