Old Hawaiian Carvings. 7 



correct, they are the finest specimens known of Hawaiian portrait work. The measure- 

 ments and description are as follow : — 



I. Height 28 in.; breadth of shoulders 12.3 in. Dark wood well polished. 

 Vulva carefully carved, breasts conical. Teeth of lower jaw inserted as one piece of 



FIG. 4. STATUETTKS IN PROFILE. 



light colored wood. Hair neatl}- pegged in the usual waj-, reddish and ver}^ brittle. 



Eyes of shell, right with peg hole drilled, left entire and more recent. 



2. Height 27 in.; breadth of shoulders 11.2 in. Hands and ears better finished 



than in No. i. Breasts hemispherical. Vulva deep cut, with deeper hole. Mouth 



open with hole at bottom as if to attach tongue. Eyes pearl, without holes. Hair 



pegged in with some fibrous wood. Same wood and workmanship as No. i. 



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