50 Director's Report for 1916. 
ments are: Two greatest chords, 702 and 652 mm. (27% and 
25% inches); total height, 191 mm. (7% inches); diameter of con- 
cavity (pounding surface), 545 mm. (21% inches); depth of con- 
cavity, 83 mm. (3% inches). 
It was found upon enquiry among Hawaiians on the north 
coast of Maui that poi-pounding platters of stone were not un- 
known, and that the poi-making was done more quickly on stone 
than on wood. However, they were not much in favor for the 
reason that the stone poi-pounders or pestles were frequently broken 
by such use. No other such stone platter has come under our 
observation. [242] 
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