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Ka Ha II a Kapa. 



what the meaning of fanciful. All these variations apply as well \.o pcpcJii. The pat- 

 terns koeaii and />///// often have the curved or zigzag lines separated bj^ one or more 

 straight lines; when one the term Iialiia is added (Nos. i, 7 and 8 of the series); when 

 more, it is Iialita paivclu\ Nos. 3 and 4. The stripe often includes two of the zigzags, as 

 No. 3, and sometimes a number of stripes or liahias separate whole groups, as in No. 2. 



A List of Patterns on the Ie Kuku. 



The numbers refer to the series; if above 39, to the number <n\ the plate. 



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Aha or Ahaana^ Kapuai koloa, 12. 

 Ehe hoopii ^=- Koeau, 5. 

 Haao=Koeaii halua, 3. 

 Halna leihala, 26. 



" koeau, better Koeau halua, 3. 



" manania (branching) = Maka 

 upeua, 27. 

 pawehe, 28. 



puili, better Puili halua, 1,4, 7, 

 8, II. 



" pupu = Mole halua pupu, 16, 22. 

 Hoopai, 6. 



" halua. 



" puu. 

 Huelopoki ^ Iwipuhi, 23. 

 Iwipuhi, 23. 

 Kalukalu ^ Koeau (perhaps because this 



form is used for thin kapa). 

 Kapuai koloa, 12. 

 Koeau, 5. 



" halua, 3. 



" pawehe, 2, 3, 4. 

 Konane= Papa kouane, 16, 17. 

 Laau niu. 



Laukoa = Launia'u, 24, 29, 32. 

 Lauma'u, 24, 29, 32. 

 IMole, 25. 



" halua, 15, 



" halua leihala, 26. 



" halua pupu, 16. 



" halua maka upeua, 27. 



" halua maka upena pupu, 22. 



" pupu, 33. 

 Nanauahuki^ Koeau halua. 

 Niho liilii, 31. 



Oholupalupa, an angular puili, i, 8. 

 Painiu = Lauma'u. 

 Papa konane, 16, 17. 

 Pawehe, 2, 18, 28, 30, 32. 

 Pepehi, Fig. 33. 

 " halua. 



" halua maka upena, 19. 

 Puili, 9, 10, 21. 



" halua, I, 7, 8, 11. 

 " pawehe, 2, 32. 

 Pukapuka^ Mole pupu, 33. 

 Uahaao = Halua pawehe. 

 Waieli or Waiali = Puili. 



The proportion in which the more common forms occur in the collections of this 

 Museum (including under the principal name all modiiications) is as follows: — Whole 

 number of sides, 1360. Hoopai, 497 ; Pepehi, 416; Puili, 53; Koeau, 48; all others 346. 



Cutting the Patterns. — The process of cutting the designs on the ie kuku 

 I have never seen, nor do I know certainly whether there were craftsmen whose 

 especial work was in this line, although this is not improbable when we consider the 

 specialization of work of this sort on the Polynesian islands. I believe such manu- 



