14 



Old Hazvaiian Carvings. 



concavities (13 sides). 4. Height 27.7 iu. from base of feet to top of head dress; from 

 feet to end of rod 16 in. In this the rod is ronnd.'' 



5. Perhaps 

 the most remark- 

 able carving is the 

 bowl show n iu 

 Figs. 7-10. One 

 or two snspended 

 bowls are in the 

 Mnsenm, l)ut their 

 purpose is uot well 

 understood and the 

 present example 

 surpasses any Ha- 

 waiian carved bowl 

 known iu the gro- 

 tesque originalit}' 

 of the design. The 

 measurements are: 

 Diameter 14 X 10.6 

 in. Bowl 4.5 iu. 



deep; rim partly broken away; many (20) fine teeth inserted, 

 often to mark points in the figures ; larger one with female parts 

 accentuated ; nineteen redlangular holes in back of head, ten of 

 them plugged; three teeth on decayed rim gone. 



I should consider this the most ancient article in the list. 

 It is somewhat deca3'ed and broken, but enough remains perfect 

 to show the great skill as well as imagination of the artist. 

 Apart from the remarkable figures carved on the bowl in the 

 highest relief the attention is caught b}' the curious method of 

 ornamentation by the insertion of superb human molar teeth. 

 The Hawaiians made great use of the more durable human re- 

 mains, such as hair, teeth and bones, not only for ornament but 

 for pradlical purposes. One example of the use we shall see 

 later in this colle(5lion ; the ornament appears in this and the 

 following bowl. Another curious use of human bones was in 



Fig. 13. I'AI'AMU OR KONANE BOARD. 



FIG. 14. 



*Had these last images been found in less respectable company, I should have doubted their antiquity, although 

 there is little save their fresh appearance to sustain such doubt. But in subject and treatment there is nothing to 

 arouse suspicion. 



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