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long, depicted with a rectangular abdomen (Fig. lo). The head- 

 less figure directly below is 10.5 inches long. A little more to the 

 west than the last is a curved-limbed figure with a broken-lined 

 trunk and a line between the feet suggestive of a skirt (Fig. 11). 

 In a number of cases the males are definitel}- marked, leaving it 

 open to the suggestion that the unmarked figures must be females. 

 But considering the number of unmarked figures, it does not seem 



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reasonable to conclude that all these were females. Nevertheless 

 the Hawaiians were children of Nature and were accustomed to 

 regard her as she is. The woman's dress was the pa'u, a wrapping 

 of tapa extending from the waist to the knee. 



To the west of the hula group is a jumble of petroglyphs, the 

 most interesting being the deeply incised figure of Kamalalawalu 

 (Figs. I, 12 and 13). It is more than probable that this figure 

 was not always beheaded, as outlines of what ma}- have been the 

 lower part of the head are still traceable. Where the head should 

 be there is a natural crack in the bed-rock which seems to have 



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