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Haiuaiian Nets and Netting. 



Hano Ohua, or Upena Ohua. — One specimen, No. 7072. This specimen has 

 been made of pieces of netting purchased from and netted by Chinese from Chinese 

 fibre, and run together by natives by aea in what is probably one of their ancient forms 

 of fish nets. The knot is what is known as the square or reef knot and is a poor one 

 for iish nets. The mouth is semicircular, 11. 8 feet at the base and 19.5 feet along the 

 arc, and from there tapers to a 

 small hole 2 inches in diameter. 

 The length of the upper side is 

 1 1.8 feet, and of the lower 9 feet. 

 The mesh is about .5 inch. The 

 mouth is leaded at the bottom, and 

 along the upper part is closely 

 strung a row of pikoi. Fig. 166. 

 Hano I'ao and Iiano vialolo are re- 

 ported as having this shape, the 

 latter being a much larger net. 



Upena Kuu, Upena Paloa, 

 or, generally speaking, seines or 

 gill nets. Two specimens, Nos. 

 758 and 759, tanned. 



758. Length 82 ft., depth 7 ft. or 

 41 meshes, mesh 2.2 in. 



759. Length 66 ft., depth 10.5 or 

 48 meshes, mesh 3.3 in. 



The names of some of the nets re- 

 ported^'' ixnder this heading are 

 akuikui or pakuikui, ulunlu, ka- ^'g. 166. hano ohua. 



waa.^ hipo, luelue, pahu, papaolewalezva, pouono. Occasionally a kuku was fastened to 

 each end of the net, and was of great assistance when drawing the net through the water. 



Upena Mano and Upena Honu. — Large meshed roughly made nets of about 

 12 or 6 in. mesh respecftively. They are reported to be about 100 ft. long and 6 ft. deep. 



There are several other names,''" attributed to fish nets, for which the writer has 

 been unable to find descriptions, viz.: apai.^ n/iina, kai\ kaii\ kiilcohua^ Iitahia, makui. 

 Some of these names no doubt refer to forms of the nets described above. 



In concluding, the writer wishes to express his appreciation and thanks to Mr. 

 L. G. Blackman for his careful and painstaking drawings, and to Dr. W. T. Brigham, 

 Professor Otis T. Mason and many others for suggestions and information cheerfully 

 given and the generous loan of specimens. 



"Hawaiian Antiquities, by David Malo, pp. 277, 279, 280, and Andrews' Hawaiian Dictionary. '"Ibid. 



