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Mat and Basket Weaving. 



but, perhaps on account of their use, they are not often found in colleAions, as the old 

 ones become very dirty and fishy. Hawaiian fish traps were sometimes made of ieie, 

 sometimes of other vines, 

 but genearlly of iwaiwa 

 or fern stem, and liave 

 been described under that 

 division. The curious 

 shrimp baskets deserve 

 notice here, and Plate IV 

 ma}- be consulted for 

 their general appearance 

 and constru(R:ion. As that 

 plate shows, they var}- 

 considerably in size, and 

 in recent times the vend- 

 ors of curiosities have 

 introduced immense ones 

 to serve for hall decora- 

 tions or umbrella holders. 

 The scale on the plate is 

 sufficient guide to the 

 size of those figured. 

 Nos. 7681 and 7682 are 

 of a more common size. 

 It should be added that 

 these baskets are used to 

 catch the shrimps, and 

 not to store them. 



Idols and Helmets. 



— Another extensive use 



of ieie strips and rods is 



fonnd in the mauufadlure 



of images of the gods, 



and helmets. Of the for- ^i^- ^9- enlarged portion of no. 3842. 



mer, huge simulacra were constru(?ted, none of which are now known to exist, although 



in the earl}' da3's of the American Mission (1820-1835) sone large specimens remained 



at Kailua, Hawaii, and it is quite possible others were concealed in caves which may 



