Hawaiian Hinai Poepoe. 



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No. 1405 (Fig. 65) measures 28 in. high and 13.5 in. at the greatest diameter. 

 The interior is a gourd 23 in. deep and 5.2 in. at neck. The strands are three-ply in 

 cover of which the gourd is lost. 



No. 3889 (PI. IX) has a wooden umeke as well shown in Fig. 63; there is no 

 cover; height 12.5 in., while the umeke measures inside 10.5 in., with a diameter of 

 6.5 in. at neck. The beautiful and close weave at the neck is shown in the figure. 



No. 1403 (PI. IX) is 

 25 in. high and 16 in. in 

 diameter : cover empty: 

 both baskets neatly fin- 

 ished at ends by braid. 

 No. 1406 has no cover; 

 is 14.5 in. high, 13.5 in. 

 in diameter, and con- 

 tains a gourd; closely 

 woven around the rim. 

 No. 1550 (Fig. 65) is 

 remarkabl}' long and 

 originally covered a 

 wooden umeke which 

 was broken many years 

 ago, and for more than 

 a score of years the 

 basket has been used 

 as a receptacle for fish. 

 It is 36 in. long, — the 

 longest known. The 

 base shows an unusual 

 FIG. 63. MOUTH OF HINAI POEPOE NO. 3889. beginning f Or thcse bas- 



kets ( Fig. 64). The variations in the bands are shown in PI. VI and, in part, in Fig. 65. 



No. 3890 (PI. IX) is woven around wooden umeke, in body and cover; height 

 2 2 in., diameter 9 in. Best in collection. 



No. 1409 (PI. VIII) is one of the flat calabash baskets, 12 in. high and 18 in. in 

 diameter. As this is the only one of this flat form and has no cover, it is difficult to 

 say what that part consisted of, but it was probabl}' a flat basket work disk, and the 

 basket was used for the preservation of some choice feather cape or lei. 



No. 7705 has a diameter of 16 in. and is 27.5 in. high. It is woven on a gourd, but 

 the cover is now empty and the whole is contained in a koko or net used for such purposes. 



Memoirs B. P. B. Museum. Vol. II, No. i.— 5. 



