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HAWAIIAN STONE IMPIEMENTS. 



BERNICE PAUAHI BISHOP MUSEUM. 



l^ing unknown and neglected in jDrivate hands. Those in the British Museum and 

 those here figured from the Bishop Museum are the only specimens known in museums. 

 On the same plate ( XL.) is figured a club of far better finish than those hitherto 

 attributed to the Hawaiiaus ( No. 4786). It has, as can be seen on the plate, a smooth 

 finish and no knob on the handle end, but instead is perforated by boring from each 

 P side. Through the bevelled 



hole thus formed a strong 

 braided cord of olona is 

 passed, showing that besides 

 its use as a common club 

 the weapon could be hurled 

 as a bold to entangle the 

 legs of an adversary. This 

 latter use was a favorite one 

 among the Hawaiian war- 

 riors and in Fig. 19, No. 

 478S, is shown a stone cut 

 with some art to effect the 

 same end. Its section is 

 flat and the distal end is 

 broadened and thickened at 

 the edges; there is a suit- 

 able knob by which to make 

 fast the cord. To return to 

 our club on PI. XL. The 

 seAion is not round but 

 elliptical, connedling it with 

 the flattened clubs called 

 iiioc by the Maori who 

 greatl}- prize them ; indeed 

 hey are often made of jade of considerable intrinsic value. The Bishop Museum pos- 

 sesses one of beautifully clear light green jade 17.2 inches long. Of this flattened form 

 are the Moriori clubs shown in Plate LXII. which seem to show the original form 

 afterwards more or less modified by their Maori successors \\\1o palii and iiicir. 



Two other weapons, 4793 and 4794, are shown also on Fig. 19. These were 

 grasped in the hand as a reinforcement and gave the fist a dangerous solidity. They 

 could, according to other native authorities, be used as holas. I have seen only these 

 two which are quite distinct in material and finish, 



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FIG. 16. MORIORI STONE FI.EXSING KNIVES. 



