I02 Mat (Did Basket Weaving. 



the frame in some wa}- facilitating the passage of the shuttle under any desired num- 

 ber of threads of the warp. The terminal fringe which is always found oh at least one 

 end, generall}' on both, if of a different color is tied to the warp threads, thread hy 

 thread. Unluckily the black dj-e used generally for the bod}^ of the aprons rots the 

 fibre, and few old specimens are entirely perfect. In Fig. loo are four specimens of 

 this work, the first on the left being an apron in black; the others are old tols in red. 

 The following list of those in the Museum will show the size, fineness and pattern. 



Li.sT OK Caroline Islands Tols and Aprons. 



7842. 5.2 ft.XS in. — 58 to inch. Black apron from Kusaie. Ornamental portion in 

 brown, red, black ; 14 in. long at one end; at the other three 3'ellowish stripes, one 

 central of two strands, two lateral of one each. Fig. 100, No. i. 



6621. 6.1 ft.X4.S in. — 76 to inch. Tol from Ponape. Red, with double border of yel- 

 lowish strands along each edge; ornamental end 16 in. of red, yellow, black; at 

 other end 14 in. of 3'ellow with seven single or double black strands. Fig. 100, No. 2. 



6620. 5.6 ft. X 4-5 iu. — 70 to inch. Tol from Ponape. Red, with seven transverse 

 bands of j-ellow designs woven through, not alike on both sides. Fig. 100, No. 3. 



6619. 5.4 ft.X4.5 i"- — 60 to inch. Tol from Ponape. Red, with borders of darker 

 red and j-ellow and transverse bauds woven through ; end design alike on both 

 sides. Fig. 100, No. 4. 



6876. 5.5 ft.X4 in. — 82 to inch. Tol from Ruk. Decoration in red, yellow, black. 

 Fig. 99. A portion is rolled up and bound, to pass between thighs. 



8799. 4.3 ft.X2.7 in. — 58 to inch. Tol. Red and yellow, with tiine transverse bands, 

 all different. 



6626. 5.5 ft. X4 in. — 56 to inch. Tol from Ruk. Red, with yellow; longitudinal and 

 transverse stripes coarsely embroidered with scarlet worsted. 



Summary of the Basketry. — Before considering the net A\ork of the Hawaii- 

 ans, which has been so thoroughly studied by Mr. John F. G. Stokes, Curator of Poly- 

 sian Ethnology in the Bishop Museum, that I have asked him to prepare the portion 

 of this memoir relating to that handicraft, we may draw together the information we 

 have been able to collect about the Hawaiian mats and baskets, and institute a brief 

 comparison with similar work throughout the Pacific, although the material at our 

 disposal is not sufficient to warrant much theorizing as to origin or relationship. 



We find that the old Hawaiians made a basket ( both Hinai ieie and Hinai ieie 

 poepoe) much superior in workmanship and durability to any others made in the region 

 under consideration ; and these do not closely resemble the ba.sketry of nations or tribes 

 bordering on the Pacific. The Samoans made baskets of very dift'erent form, and no 



