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Humuhumunukunukuapuaa Ceramic Art Tile
$22.00
Hawaii's state fish, named for a snout like a pig and a grunt to match. Humuhumunukunukuāpuaʻa lives across the nearshore reefs of all the main Hawaiian islands, usually within snorkeling depth. The face wears a dark mask; the lips are yellow; a thin blue line runs along the brow. The tail is edged in black. The name carried into a 1933 hapa-haole song about a grass shack in Kealakekua, and from there into the wider world. The Hawaii State Legislature made the state-fish designation permanent in 2006, the second time around.
Slowly infused into the ceramic surface under high heat and pressure, in our family studio in Knoxville, Tennessee.