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end.' Another and shorter form for a single worker was of rarer oc- 

 currence.^ So far, all the poi- pounding platters seen were of wood. 

 An interesting variant of the material for this utensil was 

 found in the possession of Mr. A. Gross, of Wailuku, Maui, and 

 kindly presented to the Museum by that gentleman. It was of 

 stone (Fig. 8), and its size would indicate that it was intended for 

 a single worker. While its outside periphery is only approxi- 

 mately circular, the pounding surface is quite so. The measure- 



'B. P. B. M. Memoirs, II, 316-318, Fig. 109. 

 ^Op. cit., Fig. no. [241] 



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