Makaloa Mats. 



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portions of leaf, while the makaloa of the Hawaiian is from the entire stem. It seems 

 worth while to place in tabular form the principal mats in the Museum colledlion, that 

 the great range of size, if nothing else, may be seen at a glance, and this collection is 

 large enough to furnish specimens of all known varieties of this nearly obsolete mat. 

 First I place the plain or unfigured mats {pakea) whether of uniform weave or varied 

 with twills or other fancy weaving. 



1*10. 80. PUAKALA (a), PAPAULA (b), HUMUNIKI (c). 



2550 

 2551 

 2552 

 2553 

 2587 

 2588 



2589 

 2590 



Plain Makaloa Mats in the Bishop Museum. 



14.3 ft. X 9.5 ft. Carpet for floor or large hikiee. 



ID ft.X7 ft. 



ioft.X7-5 ft. 



12.2 ft. X 6.5 ft. Very old. 



9.7 ft.X6.5 ft. 



2oft.Xio.5 ft. — 17 to inch. Belonged to Kamehameha I about i78o(?). 



7 ft.X4-5 ft. 



6.5 ft.XS ft. From Queen Emma's colledlion. 



Memoirs B. P. B. Museum, Vol. II, No. i. — 6. 



