138 



Hawaiian Nets and Netting. 



Hawaii," ■" refers to the koko of Maoloha as being connec^ted with the ceremouies of 

 the Makahiki festival. Following the end of the services, he says : "A net [koko] with 

 large meshes was then 

 made, which, being lifted 

 b}' fonr men supporting 

 it at fonr corners, was 

 filled with all kinds of 

 food, snch as taro, pota- 

 toes, breadfrnit, bananas, 

 cocoannts, and pork, after 

 which the priests stood 

 forth to pra}-. When the 

 kahnna [priest] in his 

 prayer littered the word 

 hapai (lift) the men lifted 

 the net and shook it back 

 and forth, to make the 

 food drop throngh the 

 meshes, snch being the 

 pnrpose of the ceremony. 

 This was called the net 

 of Maoloha. If the food 

 did not drop from the net, 

 the kahuna declared 

 there would be a famine 

 in the land ; but if it all 

 fell out he predicated that 

 the season would be 

 fruitful." 



Dr. Emerson adds 

 the following interesting 

 note to his translation: 

 — ''''Koko a Maoloha^ the 

 net of Maoloha. The ex- 

 pression is used Ke koko a Maoloha i ka lani. Tradition says that the first appear- 

 ance of the Koko of Maoloha was in time of famine, when Waia was king on Hawaii. 



" Hawaiian Antiquities (Moolelo Hawaii) by David Malo, Translated from the Hawaiian by Dr. N. B. Emerson. 

 Honolulu, 1903. p. 197. 



FIG. 147. H.\NAI I,. 



