40 Director’s Report for 1916. 
According to Penchula, sections of the Casszs and other large 
shells were used, in addition to the Cozus, as was also the hard wood 
kauila (Alphitonia excelsa) indented as usual. From a Kauai 
native it was learned that the naturally serrated edge of the opzhz 
(Patella spp.) served the same purpose. It was held in the hand, 
not mounted. ‘The opihi was also used as a spoon, and as a scraper 
for gourds similarly to the specimens now to be described. 
Among deserted house foundations on the south coast of 
Molokai, Mr. A. F. Judd and Dr. C. Montague Cooke found, in 
1916, three dorsal sections of large cowries, which had been arti- 
ficially broken out, apparently, and further modified by grinding 
atoneend. ‘They are illustrated in Fig. 1, B 1162, Cyprea inter- 
media, B1179 and Biu180 C. mauritiana. One, B 1179, was in 
very good condition and furthermore was perforated at the end 
opposite the sharpened part. As shown in the cross section, it 
had been ground to a very sharp edge, the face of the grinding 
being parallel to its short axis. The others are much worn, 
(B 1179 is also broken) and do not now show a sharpened edge. 
These shells, in addition to being used as coconut-scrapers, 
were used for cleaning out the pith from the interior of the gourd 
vessels.' In the part of Molokai where found, the latter was prob- 
ably the principal use for these particular specimens. In operation 
the shells were held in the hand. In the gourds in the Museum, 
the pith has been very cleanly scraped away, and the sharp cutting 
edge of No. B 1179 would have been well adapted for the purpose. 
By experiment, this scraper was found to accurately engage the 
interior surfaces of coconuts and gourds. 
The Hawaiian name applied to these scrapers would be vari- 
ously wa’u pu or wa’u niu (gourd-scraper or coconut-shredder), 
accordingly as the implements were used. 
BEETLE NECKLACES FROM NEW GUINEA. 
Necklaces of beetles’ parts from New Guinea, a form of orna- 
mentation unusual in the Pacific, have recently come to our atten- 
tion. ‘They were brought to Honolulu by Mr. Max Frech, first 
officer of S. S. Prinz Waldemar, who generously divided his treas- 
ures with the Museum. He obtained them from an engineer, of 
another steamer, who had secured them on an expedition many 
‘The gourd vessels were described by Dr. Brigham, B. P. B. M. Memoirs, 
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