14 Director's Annual Report. 



lished many articles on kitchen middens, which most nearly re- 

 semble the Kahoolawe find, but in no case is the procedure appli- 

 cable. vSome attention has been given to the subject of the piikoi, 

 the Hawaiian throwing club, and a paper prepared. It was, how- 

 ever, withdrawn to await further expected information. Some 

 notes were handed to the Direcftor describing various specimens in 

 the Henriques and other loan colledlions.* 



THE HENRIQUES COLLECTION. 



The colle(5lion received on loan from Mr. Henriques con- 

 sisted of 250 specimens, of native origin, enumerated in the list 

 of accessions for 19 14. This was but one-third in number of 

 his entire coUedliou, but included all the uniques and rare 

 specimens. When aiding Mr. Henriques to catalogue his speci- 

 mens, it was noted with pleasure that the wooden utensils, poi 

 bowls, meat dishes, finger bowls, etc., retained their original 

 native polish. So many of the Hawaiian wooden dishes in private 

 hands have been spoiled (for museum purposes) by modern var- 

 nish. There was a remarkably large series of bambu kapa stamps 

 and rulers, nearly all received from one old maker of kapa. One 

 of the stamps had the pattern cut out from tortoise shell. Among 

 the pounders was found one made of wood of the same shape and 

 average size as the conical poi pounders of stone: this was used 

 for the breadfruit poi. Wooden pounders are seldom seen; the}- 

 were also used for pounding seaweed. There was a basket of ieie 

 root, examples of which, once common, are seldom seen now. 



A finger bowl 8.8 inches long, 7 wide and 2>-Z deep, and a 

 spittoon 8 inches in diameter and 3.2 deep (Fig. \^ show varia- 

 tions which are worthy of special notice. The finger bowl has 

 four straight sides, instead of the usual circular or oval form, and 

 none of the corners are rectangular (Fig. i, «). The spittoon has 

 two well-made grooves around the outer rim (Fig. i, b) . Both 



*These iniportaiit notes came to hand too late to issue with the illustrations 

 that had been prepared for the last annual report. They are inserted here 

 with the proper illustration. [54] 



