Description
In Hawaii, everyone from keiki (children) to kupuna (elders) uses the shaka to express friendship, gratitude, goodwill, encouragement and unity. A little wave of the hand spreads a lot of aloha.
The Hawaiian hand gesture of goodwill dates back to the early 1900s. Named after Hamana Kalili whose middle, index, and ring fingers were crushed at the sugar mill where he worked. After the accident, the plantation put him to work as their security officer for their train, where he would wave his hand at kolohe (mischievous) kids. The kids adopted the gesture as a signal to each other that the coast was clear.
Printed using my own hand in white ink on black rice paper. Titled “Shaka” in the lower left and signed in the lower right. The paper meaures 10 in. x 8 in. and has a deckled edge. It will arrive with a certificate of authenticity.
