Nā I'a

 

 

'A'ama

Hā'uke'uke

Hāwa'e

'Ina

Kūpe'e

Leho

Limu

Manini

'Opihi

Pāo'o

Pipipi

Pūnohu

Pūpū Kōlea

Wana

 

 

 

This leho has holes drilled into it so it can be lashed to a sinker and hook, called a lūhe'e, to catch he'e.

Ka Hana

 

 

leho ahi

 

leho

 

leho

 

poleholeho

Pilina Kai

 

 

Leho

leho

 

" Nani ka 'ike a ka he'e i nā wahi leho li'ili'i "

It is wonderful how the octopus notices the little cowries.

Said sarcastically of a man who looks at young girls with lust.

('Ölelo No'eau 2274)

 

Leho were eaten, used for lei and ornaments, used as scrapers to scrape kalo, 'ulu, and niu, and used in fishing as lūhe'e or octopus lures.

Leho are found during night and day but easier to collect on rocky shorelines at night. Leho are slimy raw but can be worked with salt to remove the slime (like he'e). You can wrap meat in ti-leaf and cook over a fire or boil the shell and crack open to eat. Both ways of preparing leho are 'ono.

There are many varieties of leho with numerous individual names. A common reference to the big shells are leho and the smaller ones are referred to as pōleholeho.