ULUMAIKA. 



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early youtli, and cliildren used rough and unpolished stones for their play. Various 

 kinds of stone were used as we have seen was the case with the squid-hook sinkers, but 

 a heavy compact coral rock seems to have been the favorite ; it was sometimes arti- 



FIG. 68. HAWAIIAN MAIKA STONES. 



ficially colored, and indeed it was generall}- stained by the coconut, kukui or kamani 

 oil with which the choicest ulu were frequently anointed. Wood was sometimes used 

 instead of stone, as in No. 902 in the Bishop Museum which weighs 11.2 oz. and be- 

 longed to the Princess Keelikolani. 



While sometimes spherical, as has been noted in the description of stone balls, 



ulu were mostly thin C3'linders with slightly convex sides : the edges were often rounded, 



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