40 HAWAIIAN STONE IMPLEMENTS. 



Returning to the north Pacific we find in Micronesia a very distinct type of poi 

 pounder. Both the cross bar and the boss have disappeared and a flattened disk termi- 

 nates the stem otherwise quite like those of the Polynesian islanders alread}' described. 

 On many of the islands of Micronesia no stone is found ; coral and coral sand form the 

 solid laud and it is common to see implements that on the yolcanic islands are made 

 of lava on- these atolls made of compact shell, or in the case of pounders, of coral rock 

 solid and ringing. Such are shown in Fig. 35 where the excellent workmanship of the 

 cannibals and the peculiar discoidal top ma}- be seen. One or two conical points are in 



FIG. 35. COKAI, KOCK I'Ul'.X DHK,S KRO.M KUK. 



some cases added apparently for ornament, or it may be to indicate an especial use, as 

 the two specimens (3291, 3292 ) in the middle of the group lune two points and are said 

 to have been used for grinding taik^ a red pigment greatly prized by the Ruk people. 



Also from the Caroline islands are the two pounders shown in Fig. 36. One 

 (7075) is of wood painted red like man}- of the Caroliuean objects of the same material: 

 the other is of very compact lava and well made. These are used for pounding both 

 kalo and breadfruit. 



I am not acquainted with any other form of importance outside the Hawaiian 



group, but on this group there was a variation in form greater tlian any of those already 



seen. However, we are getting on too fast and must return to the very primitive 



mullers from which have developed all these forms. An\- one of the mullers shown in 



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