Ca rrj 'I'ng-Sticks. 



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Museum, Fig. no, is of an irregular circular form, tliirty-niue inches in the greatest 

 diameter, while in the same colleAion another which can boast of less antiquit}^, but 

 of the most approved form is sixty-five inches long and twentj^-three and a half inches 

 wide. As the stone pounder struck the elastic mass of poi and not the trough, this 

 lasted through several generations of poi makers. At present most of the poi con- 

 sumed in Honolulu is made by the industrious Chinese or at the poi factory where 

 modern machinery and methods are used in Kalihi. 



Although in the enumeration of the houses of an Hawaiian alii's establishment no 

 mention was made of carriage house or barn, yet they all kept a carriage, though of the 

 most primitive form. In war the po/ohi, a long stick of kauila wood, formed the carriage 



of the commissar}' department and went to battle, 

 the ends resting on the shoulders of two men 

 while the length was hung with neat bundles of 

 hard poi {paiai) wrapped in ki leaves. If the 

 chief fell in battle his retainers endeavored to save 

 his body and carry it home slung by the wrists 

 and ankles to this pololu. If he returned tri- 

 umphant the pololu, which was often more than 

 five }'ards long, was set up in front of his house 

 as in later days a flag staff would be planted. 

 That these carriages were held in respect let me 

 quote the record attached to one in the Bishop 

 Museum (No. 804): "The tree grew at Puukapele, 

 Kauai, from which this spear was made for 

 Kamehameha I, who gave it to his soldier and 

 aikane Hema just before the battle of Mukuohai 

 fought against Kiwalao. Hema also used it in six other important battles, viz., at 

 Laupahoehoe against Keoua Kuahuula ; in a sea fight in the Moana o Alanuihaha 

 against Kahekili and Kaeo; at the battle of lao against Kahekili and Kaleikupule; 

 in the battle of Kanaawa at Hilo, Hawaii, against Namakeha; at Keaau, Puna, in the 

 excursion of Kaleleiki; at Kaunakakai, Molokai, againt Kaleikupule. In the peace- 

 ful times that followed the conquests of Kamehameha the old spear was trimmed into 

 an aua7iio aipimpnu and used to carry the calabashes of the alii." Let us see what 

 the less renowned auamo were like. 



Auamo. — To carry the gourds, umekes and other similar burdens poles were 

 used, made of some tough wood, slightly bent and more or less notched at the ends. 

 In Weber's pidlure of the newly discovered village at the mouth of the Waimea river 



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FIG. 108. STONE MORTAR. 



