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cacy still in demand, although a pudding made of arrowroot is 

 rapidly replacing it on account of the simpler preparation of the 

 latter. The implement now used for kulolo is a long piece of iron 

 (often a flat file) serrated at one end, sometimes set in a wooden 

 handle. The operator either stands or sits on it. In the Hawaiian 

 Group we have not come across anything similar to the convenient 

 contrivance used for the purpose in the Marquesas Islands, con- 



2. SHREDDER, WITH SUPPORT. 



sisting of a wooden stool with a projecting arm and a grater of 

 coral bound to the outer end.' 



There is some variation in the design of the shredders illus- 

 trated. Fig. I . To the right of the arrows in the cross sections are 

 shown the portions which were shaped (by grinding). Nos. L 925 

 and L 970 are of a similar and effective pattern, the cutting angle 

 in each being directed upward, and a sharp edge obtained. No. 

 Iv 970 has apparently seen more use and undergone sharpening 

 by further grinding on the upper edge of the shell section. A 

 comparison of these two specimens will demonstrate this proba- 

 bility. The serrations in both are regular. No. L 969 has not 

 been so evenly serrated, nor does it appear of such good design, 

 since the cutting edge is rounded. It has been much worn. 



'B. P. Bishop Museum Memoirs, II, 377, Fig. 178. 



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