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THE SANDWICH ISLANDS. 



The Hawaiian gods, made of wicker-work, covered with 

 feathers, show a similar curving inwards of the face. I give a 

 rough sketch of one in the British Museum collection. In 

 one figured in " Cook's Voyages," * the face is entirely hollowed 

 out, and the eyes are borne on small flaps, projecting from the 

 hook-shaped back part of the image, which mainly represents 

 the well-known crested helmet worn by ancient Hawaiian 

 warriors. 



HAWAIIAN GODS. 



I and 2 Heads of gods made of wicker-work, covered with feathers, i From 

 " Cook's Third Voyage " ; 2 Sketch of a specimen in the British Museum ; 

 3 Entire god, copied from Ellis's " Narrative." 



In some instances, the hollow crescent form, as representa- 

 tive of the face, seems to have been arrived at by an enormous 

 increase in the size of the mouth ; in others, as in the case of 

 the wicker image just described, by a hollowing out of the face 

 altogether ; the mouth here, though large, not being widened 

 so as to encroach upon the whole area of the face. Since, in 

 the worship of the gods, food was placed in the mouths, the 

 mouths may have been gradually enlarged as the development 



* "A Voyage to the Pacific Ocean." PI. 67, fig. 4. Cook and King. 

 London, G. Nicol. 1785. 



