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Ka Hana Kapa. 



As we proceed we shall keep more strictl}- to the Pol3'nesiau industry, and 

 especiall}- the Hawaiian part of that, since it not onl}- comprehends all the rest, 

 except where we have alread}' marked exceptions, but will probably be shown to be 

 most complete in its technical aniiivneii/ari/nii, and remarkabl}- full in its artistic 

 treatment. The Hawaiians had a far greater variety of implements; and their colors 

 have proved far more durable than those of Tahiti, for example; and the variet}' of 

 coloring matter at command was far beyond that of an}' other group. 



Fig. 28. SPKCIMKN OF HAWAIIAN KAI'A IN THIi BRITISH MtlSEUM. 



I believe that Hawaii was the Jons ct origo of the Pol3'nesian kapa-making, if 

 not the point of distribution of the soiithern tribes from Samoa to New Zealand. This 

 latter proposition I am not fully prepared to argue at present, and it ma}- suffice to 

 claim Hawaii as not only the chief maker of bark-cloth, but the teacher of man}- of 

 the other groups. At this point may we not leave the historical matter and turn to 

 the actual implements and processes of the Hawaiians? We shall then be on more 

 solid ground. 



