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loaned good specimens of a kapa and a mat, which had been used 
by certain chiefs, and a Fijian club, said to have been the favorite 
weapon of Kaumualii, King of Kauai. Mr. E. A. Knudsen loaned 
two wooden idols of unusual form, which were cast and returned. 
From Mr. G.C. Munro were borrowed three uncommon specimens, 
selected from his collection, and from Mrs. James Munro, part ofa 
pestle on the handle of which an animal face had been carved. 
“FIELD Worxk.—Although the Curator himself undertook no 
expeditions during the year, the offer of Mr. Charles S. Dole of 
Lihue, Kauai, to make additional measurements of the site of the 
ancient structure crowning Mauna Kahili, was accepted. His 
notes on the trip, measurements of the site and report of interviews 
with residents have been received and filed for future reference, 
and will without doubt prove of much value. 
‘‘Notes on ethnographical specimens were prepared and pub- 
lished in the Annual Report for 1916. 
‘““HEIAU AND SUBSIDIARY WORK TO HAWAIIAN WORSHIP.— 
My draughtsman, Y. En Tseu, left in the middle of the year to 
continue his studies in the Louisiana University. Before he left 
he completed the platting of the heiau sites from the Curator’s 
survey notes, and calculated the positions of most ofthem. In ad- 
dition he copied on the typewriter a large amount of material from 
native manuscripts and newspapers concerning heiau, together 
with translations by the Curator. His services were of great as- 
sistance. 
‘In connection with this work, the Curator has through the 
kindness of Father Reginald Yzendoorn of the ‘Catholic Mission, 
and others, secured for the use of the Museum a number of manu- 
script and published accounts of Hawaiian worship and the heiau 
by writers in the native language. Combined with the Museum’s 
collections, there are now available the native accounts of Malo, 
S.M. Kamakau, Kamakau of Kaawaloa, Haleole, Kepelino, Pogue, 
anonymous native writers and others, and all the portions germane 
to the subject have been translated or retranslated by the Curator, 
except a few chapters of Malo. In this work assistance has been 
received from Messrs. T. G. Thrum, W. H. Rice, J. S. Emerson, 
John Wise and others. The most important section, Malo’s chap- 
ter on heiau, has been submitted with full notes to Rev. Henry H. 
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