132 



Hcnvaiian Nets and Netting. 



of the koko pmipiui, Figs. 115, 147 and 148, were surely too remarkable to have escaped 

 observation. All the older natives conversed with and enquired of claimed that the 



pun was very ancient — 



long antedated the ad- 

 vent of Captain Cook. 



Still, too great reliability 



cannot be placed on these 



claims when the history 



of the Eskimo netting 



needle mentioned among 



the tools is considered. 



A comparison of the puu 



with the knot commonly 



known as the hangman's 



knot will show that the 



former is but a slight 



modification of the latter. 



Foreign sailors have 



closely associated with 



the natives since 1778, 



and the sailor with his 



knowledge of knots on 



the one hand and the 



native on the other eager 



to learn the foreigner's 



ways would make it a 



simple matter to intro- 

 duce a new method into 



their work. A koko puu- 



puu of waoke in the 



Museum, No. 9050, and 



another of olona, found 



in the possession of a 

 gentleman in Honolulu, were begun in the native way with Piko F, but had the hanai made 

 of simple knitting. Fig. 151, and finished with a row of the puu. It is known that the 

 natives were taught plain knitting by the missionaries, who came here in 1820, and proved 



Fig. 134. HAN.\i .\+B. 



Fig. 135. HANAI B. 



