Koko Pimpiiu. 



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of the class pualu would be referred to merely as koko. To oue made of aliuawa the 

 jx, name koko ahuawa was applied, while 



the chiefs' koko were never known other- 

 wise than koko puupuu. The knots used 

 in the strucflure of the koko pualu were 

 the ka, and more rarely the makili. The 

 mesh was always large and plain. 



A variation of this form with a smaller 

 mesh was employed to carry such articles 

 as sweet potatoes, taro, etc., without the 

 aid of an umeke. It was made with a 

 piko and hanai as in the koko pualu, but 

 instead of the kakai as shown in Fig. 108, 

 a cord was run through the outer selvage 

 of the bag, thus serving to close the open- 

 ing and act as a handle. This implement 

 was known as an eke or laiilau. 



Koko Puupuu. — The koko puupuu 

 FIG. 129. PIKO M. -was reserved for the sole use or service of 



the alii, who were exceedingly jealous of their dignity, promptly punishing by death any 

 presumption on the part of a plebeian 

 in making personal use of such a koko. 

 One reason for which a makaainaua 

 might carry the koko puupuu for his 

 own needs, was protection against rob- 

 bery by the kahu of some alii for his 

 master. A commoner carrying food in 

 a koko pualu was always liable to have 

 it appropriated b}' any one of higher 

 rank than himself, since the koko 

 pualu indicated that it was only the 

 belonging of a makaainana; but the 

 subterfuge of utilizing a koko puupuu, 

 implying that the carrier was in the 

 service of a chief, would protect the '"•^- '3°- ''''^° ^• 



property unless the man were found out, when the consequences to himself would be 



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