Old Haivaiiaii Ca)Z'iiiQS. 



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the house built at Moanalua, Oahii, of the bleached remains of the men who fell in 

 battle. The iise of human bones for fish hooks and arrow points was well known. 

 This disposition of the bones was insulting to the dead and the insult was intentional. 

 This is also shown in the insertion of teeth and bones in vessels of dishonor, such as 

 spittoons {^ipii kulia)^ slop basins {ipit aiinj), and the like. Hence the care taken to 



Fig. 15. CARVER WITH HUMAN BONE HANUI.E. 



hide from the eneni^' the bones of a chief or important 

 person. Placed in a food dish, sacred drum or kahili 

 handle the remains were honored, and examples of all 

 these uses are in the Museum. 



The bowl itself is of the best form, round, and 



gracefully curved to the flat rim, while the figures grow 



out of it without obscuring its form in the least. The 



teeth, gruesome as they are to our otherwise trained taste, 



do, it must be confessed, break the monotony of the plain 



sides in a pleasant way, a device well known to the 



mediaeval jewelers in their gem-studded chalices. The 



figure in an inverted position (Figs. 7, 9) has her ankles connected by a round bar which 



serves as a point of suspension, the other end of the suspending cord (aha or coconut 



braid) being knotted around the neck of the opposite figure which is also female. The 



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FIG. 16. CARVING TOOE IN 

 BRITISH MUSEUM. 



