20 Old Hawaiian Carvijigs. 



lo. Another indication that the property in this cache Avas once the treasure 

 of a chief is the shabby looking ruin of net work shown in Fig. i8. This was once, 

 however, the net of a much prized feather cape, the peculiar property of the alii. So 

 far as can be determined by the few remains of feathers still attached to their quills, 

 the color was red, by no means so precious as the yellow feathers. The shape is rec- 

 tangular with a four-square cord along the upper side and remains of neck strings; 



Fig. 21. fragmp;xt of Chinese porcelain. 



this neck cord is much worn, and the net seems never to have been finished. The 

 neck measures d=i9 in., and the sides 9 and 9.7 in. 



In the cave were also found an ordinary gourd bowl or umeke, some rude trestle 

 work, and a funnel-shaped implement well carved from kou wood, the use of which I do 

 not know. It had been attached to something by the larger end, is there grooved, and 

 has the remains of binding cords. The smaller end is broken. Fig. 19 may suggest 

 to some one a use for this detached funnel. Specimens of the kapa found in the cave 

 have been placed in ni}' hands and will be described later. 



With the Hawaiian articles enumerated were found two things that seem 

 worthy of illustration as showing what the native regarded as treasures. The first is 

 a painted fan, nearly in pieces, shown in Fig. 20. The other is a fragment of a porce- 

 lain plate shown in Fig. 21. 



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