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Mat and Basket Wcaz'iiip-. 



No. 3844 has lost its internal unieke or gourd. The weaving is much like that 

 in Class I, within which it would be included but for its shape. Height 24 in., diame- 

 ter 14 in. It has heavy cord loops to secure the cover. 



No. 1404 has a height of 16.5 in., and a diameter of 9.5 in.; gourds in basket 

 and in cover; the general finish very good, the weave being in a continuous spiral 

 from beginning to the rim. There are six black bands on the basket and five on the 

 cover; the net for the cover is of olona (PI. IX). 



In all this class of ba.skets the work is far above the average of Hawaiian, or 

 indeed Pacific, basket making; the weave is exceedingly close and regular, and the 

 form is peculiar to this group, but most closely resembling certain Hawaiian containers 

 made for holding fish lines, but of wood and 

 gourd without any basketry. 



We now come to another class where the 

 workmanship is far inferior, although the gen- 

 eral form still reminds us of the fine hinai poepoe. 

 The material, ieie, is the same, but the strips are 

 either used unsplit or carelessly combined. In 

 .some an attempt to imitate the older and better 

 work seems present; in others the product is a 

 coarser basket without any enclosed container. 

 The basket becomes suitable for holding fish or 

 any coarse or dirty objec^ts without having to 

 wait until the inner gourd or umeke is broken. 

 The list is not a long one. 



No. 1407 is a very modern attempt to imitate the fine work of the old Hawaiians, 

 and, apparently has never been used. Two gourds are emploj'ed for foundation, and 

 the basketry is of the coarsest two-ply weave over single rods of the same material ; it 

 has much the same appearance as the common demijohn wicker work. Height, 

 with cover, 19 in., diameter 13 in.; net of coco fibre cord. The ieie strips have not been 

 halved; they have only a small portion removed, and the strip is of course less pliable. 



No. 4050 is a modern basket finished mitch as the last, but independent of gourd 

 or umeke, and with a flat top. Height, with cover, 12 in., diameter 10.5 in. Fig. 66. 



No. 1408 is of the same general form as the preceding, but is of greater age. 

 It has apparently been woven without any interior vessel, and with Nos. 4050 and 

 3S45 might be put in Class III for convenience of classification. The workmanship is 

 by no means so fine as in Class I, but is better than in No. 4050. Height, without 

 cover, 13 in., diameter 11 in. The rims of both basket and cover are made exac^tly 

 like that figured in No. 6589, and the latter is secured by a single coco fibre cord ex- 



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FIG. 64. BOTTOJI OF BASKin' NO. I55O. 



