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Monkeypod & Koa Wood

Master Woodcrafters

Honolulu, Hawaii

1935 -1975

A History and Catalogue

Kurt Olney

CONTACT Kurt Olney HERE

This site was last updated 1-18-2024

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1950 Ka-lae

Woodcraft, Woodware, Woodcarving, Monkeypod, Koa

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1936 Gump's Honolulu

This is where Fritz Abplanalp, the Swiss woodcarver, began the midcentury Hawaiian woodcarving movement.

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1953 Island Woodcraft

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1958 New wood shop

Tommy Leong

House of Kalai Tommy Leong woodcarver, wood crafter Honolulu Hawaii Mid-century

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1962 Hale O Laau

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1966 Sorensen the Woodcarver

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1956 Keao's Hawaiian

Wood carving Honolulu Hawaii

Woodcraft Shops Honolulu

1935-1970

(Partial List)

(I will continue to add to this list. )

My primary sources for this list are the Honolulu and Oahu phone books and Newspapers.com, and Dianne Fife Kay's paper.

Gump’s --Fritz Aplanalp
Hawaiian Woodcraft
Leilani
Sorensen the Woodcarver
Blair Ltd.
Woods of Hawaii Ltd.
Harry’s Cabinet & Curio
Hawaiian Woodcrafters
Hardwoods Hawaii
Island Woodcraft
Woodcraft Shop
Aloha Woodcraft Co
Fern-Wood Ltd
Hale O Lauu
Kilohana Woodcraft Ltd
Tropical Craft
Woodcraft Hawaii
House of Kalai
House of Monkeypod
Keao’s Hawaiian Woodcrafts
Island Hardwood
Quality Woodcraft
Kamaaina Woodcraft

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