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The Ancient Hawaiian House. 



the spittoon bearer of a chief was his most trusted attendant who received and guarded 

 the contributions of the day, and at night washed the receptacle in the ocean if possi- 

 ble, if not, he carefully buried the accumulated saliva. 



I have seen these ipu kuha brought into church a generation ago, and they are 

 common enough in miiseums. All sorts of odd forms were chosen and the handle is 

 often unsymmetrically placed, but is always an integral part of the block of wood from 

 which the cup was carved. Plate XXXII shows the more important examples in the 

 Bishop Museum. The commoners did not take such pains, as they had fewer enemies 

 and less means to secure the services of a strong kahuna, one "powerful in prayer", and 

 to the present day they are by no means so careful as they should be where they spit. 

 We have no spittoons from other groups, nor do I know of their existence outside the 

 Hawaiian group, among the Polynesians. 



With Plate XXXII the following list of the principal ipu kuha and the allied 

 ipu mimi in this Museum will give some idea of their shape and size: 



IPU KUHA IN THE BISHOP MUSEUM. 



Diameter. 



678 8.5 



679 8.5 



680 Mug shape, ring handle. 7 



681 6.7 



682 7-5 



683 Mug shape, ring handle. 7 



684 Broad, flat edge. 8 



685 Ring handle. 8.7 



686 Very broad edge, hook handle. 8.5 

 687 

 688 

 689 

 690 

 691 

 692 

 693 



Broad edge, hook handle. 



a a 11 u 



Flat handle. 



Flat handle. 

 Hook handle. 



694 Sharp edge, impractical 



handle 



695 Mug shape, hook handle. 



696 Mug shape, flat handle. 



697 Cup with hook handle. 



698 Mug shape, hook handle. 

 699 



700 Mug shape, flat'handle. 



7.2 

 8.2 

 8 



6.5 

 6.2 

 6 



6.5 



7 

 6 



5-2 

 6 



5-5 

 4-7 

 4-5 



Diameter. 



701 Oval, Queen Emma coll. 5X4-6 



702 Ribbon handle. "5 



703 Oval, ring handle. 7-5X5.7 



704 Oval, ring handle. 7-2X4 



705 Square, ring handle. 5.5 



706 Sqnare, hook handle, Q. E. 5 



707 Very old, ring handle. 5.5 



708 Burial cave, ring handle. 6.2 



709 " " " " 6.7 



3999 Mug shape, hook handle, old. 7 



4000 " " burial cave. 5.5 



4001 Govt, coll., broken handle. 5 



4002 7-7 

 7515 Hook handle. 7.5 

 7564 Mug, flat handle. 5 

 7684 Mug, hook handle. 5.7 

 S089 Hook handle. 6.2 



4003 Oval. 9-5 X 7-5 

 4143 Convex bottom, with 17 



teeth and i socket ... - 6.3 



9222 Deverill coll., hook handle. 6.7 

 5009 Kamehameha's private, flat 



handle 4.3 



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