Wall Mounted Koa Sailing Canoe with moveable sails 11.5″H x 24″L $670

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Wall Mounted Koa Sailing Canoe with moveable sails 11.5″H x 24″L $670

Koa

Uses
Ancient Hawaiians were using the koa trunks to build waʻa (dugout outrigger canoes) and papa heʻe nalu (surfboards).  The reddish wood is very similar in strength and weight to that of Black Walnut (Juglans nigra). The construction of ukuleles, acoustic guitars, and  Hawaiian steel guitars often uses Koa.

Conservation
The koa population has suffered from the introduction of animals who eat the seedlings, as well as from grazing and logging.  The largest koa trees grow in forested areas. Many of those have been logged out in modern times. Koa wood now comes mostly from dead or dying trees or farms on private lands. Although formerly used for outrigger canoes, there are fewer any  koa trees remaining that are large and straight enough to do so today.

In areas where cattle are present, because the seedlings are eaten, koa regeneration is almost completely suppressed. However, if the cattle are removed, koa are among the few native Hawaiian plants able to germinate in grassland. ( Hawaiian sandalwood does as well.) Koa trees can be instrumental in restoring native forest.

The dimensions listed in the ‘additional information’ table includes packing for shipment.  The dimension listed on this page is correct for the piece itself.  Mahalo!