Pinya is the Filipino word for pineapple — shown here in a close view of spiked crowns and green-to-gold fruit. The crop has long been part of agricultural life in both the Philippines and Hawaiʻi.
For many Filipino sakadas and their families, pineapple fields were a workplace and a livelihood. Images like this honor that labor and the abundance it produced, connecting a fruit familiar in the homeland with the fields that shaped Filipino life in these islands.
On display inside the bahay kubo at Kepaniwai Heritage Gardens, ʻĪao Valley, Maui. Scan the QR code beside this work — or share this page — for the same story in your hand.