Hazvaiiaii Fish Baskets. 



69 



three-ply spiral band, alternately brown and black. There are two braided ears on 

 opposite sides of the spring of the neck, to which are still attached the remains 

 of a square braid cord ; the cap or capsnle is of the same work. 



We come now to an 



entirely different kind 

 of basket, both in 

 shape and in pnrpose, 

 althongh there is, it is 

 true, some likeness in 

 shape to the beautiful 

 baskets of Class I. Its 

 shape and weave is 

 sufficiently shown in 

 the figures to dispense 

 with an}- particular 

 description. A people 

 depending, as did the 

 Hawaiians, on fish for 

 food would naturally 

 have developed their 

 basketry in that line, 

 and we shall briefly 

 touch upon the com- 

 mon forms, leaving a 

 fuller description of 

 their adlual use for the 

 chapter on Hawaiian 

 Fisheries. Man}- of 

 the baskets that have 

 been described have 

 FIG. 68. HAWAIIAN FISH BASKiiT, NO. 3842. bcen uscd for fish when 



no longer fit for their original purpose, but the specimen here figured was made for 



fish and not for anything else. 



No. 3842 is a fish basket with a height of 17 in., with cover, and a diameter 



of 19 in. The weave is three-ply on the basket, and two-pl}- on the cover, and there 



are no handles nor fastenings for the cover. See Figs. 68 and 69. ^ 



These baskets were common and seem better suited to their purpose than those 



of woven pandanus leaves already described, and thej- are both stronger and more durable, 



