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HAWAIIAN STONE IMPf.FMENTS. 



gods, especiallj- those carved from wood are often obscene to an extreme only equalled 

 in New Zealand among the Maori or in Japan. 



Near Kalae on Molokai is a curious sculptured stone having at first glance the 

 appearance of being waterworn. It is, however, on the top of a hill where no water 

 could have done the work. I photographed it in 18S9 (Fig. 27) and learned from the 

 residents of the neighboring ranch that it was once the object of great veneration 

 under the name of Kaulunanahoa. It has been carved to a great extent, but how much 

 the natural conformation of the rock contributed to its present form cannot be told. 



FIG. 26. HAWAIIAN STONK MULI.EKS. 



Dr. Kramer has described"* this also as phallic. It is in a region now depopulated but 

 once with a large native population as the remains of temples and other stru6lures 

 indicate. In its present desolation and neglect, this once venerated stone is made the 

 bearer of various names of tramps. It is as high as an ordinar}- man. 



Mortars. — Before following this line of form development we must turn back 

 to fit the pestles with their mortars. I do not know of an}- pot holes in the rocks out- 

 side of torrent beds that were used for mortars as was so common among the Amerinds 

 of New England. 



The simplest mortar in the Bishop Museum is shown in Plate XLIII., No. 1227. 

 It is 15 inches in its largest diameter and bears marks of considerable use. It seems 



* Globus, Band LXXIII. 



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