Hawaiian Open Baskets. 



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those shown in Fig. 45, the rim being turned and finished in the simplest manner. 

 In the largest, which were used for storage, no handles were provided ; in the others 

 cords braided or twisted of coir, olona or hau fibre crossed the bottom either diagonally 

 or parallel to a side, passing between the weave on the outside once or twice or more, 

 ending in two loops of suitable lengths for handles. In small baskets of this pattern 

 a stiff handle of braid was often sewed to the sides near the rim, as shown in the figure. 

 The dimensions of these baskets, from the specimens in hand, are as follows: 



FIG. 45. HAWAIIAN PANDANUS (HALA) BASKETS. 



4265. 4.5 in. n base; 5 in. high; woven with 48 '^- strips. 



4266. 8 in. n base; 10 in. high; woven with i in. strips; hau braid handles. 

 4255. i6.5Xi9..S in. base; 17 in. high; woven with i in. double strip; no handles. 



4267. 4.5 n base; 6 in. high ; woven with 2,/% in. strip; twisted handle. 



The covered baskets of this material were even more flabby and shapeless. They 

 were usually made smaller, and were used much as a modern reticule. They were 

 made in the same form of palm leaf as has already been mentioned, and Fig. 46 shows 

 three baskets of pandanus and one of loulu palm. In modern times this form is made 

 only to sell to visitors, and is rarely seen in use. The baskets shown in the illustra- 

 tion are fair specimens, and I was told by old natives in the early sixties that these 



