STONE BOWLS. 



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Stone Bowls. — We come now to two pots or bowls differing in shape but 

 having this in common that they were both found on uninhabited bird-islands of the 

 Hawaiian group, where their use was probably identical although we do not know 

 what that was. The first one, Fig. 53, No. 7449, was found on Necker island with the 



Fin. 50. HAWAIIAN DISH O!' COR.\L SANDSTOXIC. 



curious Stone images described below and figured in PI. LXII. It is so whitened with 

 guano that it resembles concrete. Originally 8 in. high and 7.8 in. in diameter, the 

 npper rim has been broken awa}- and there is a small hole broken in the bottom. The 

 inside diameter is 6.5 in., so the wall is ver^- thin. The shape is nnlike any other 

 Hawaiian vessel known to me. It is well suited for a container, the walls being too 

 thin for a mortar. With the images it was given to the Bishop Museum by Hon. Geo. 

 N. Wilcox. The other bowl (No. 5593) presents an elliptical section (7.5X6 in.) and 



is 6.7 in. high : it weighs 8.2 lbs. It has even thinner walls and has a considerable piece 



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