The Malo Boards. 



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Mus.No. 



Length. 



Face. 



Weight. 



9984 



14.8 



8.5x1.6 



20 



9985 



15 



8.8x1.7 



23 



9986 



15-5 



9 XI.4 



15 



9987 



15-2 



8.3x1.4 



17 



9988 



16.8 



9.7x1.2 



12 



9989 



14.4 



8 XI. 4 



15 



9990 



14-5 



8.6x1.4 



14 



9991 



13-5 



8.5x1.2 



12 



9992 



15 



9 XI. 7 



28 



9993 



16.6 



9.2x1.5 



20 



9994 



14.7 



8.5x1.5 



16.5 



9995 



14-5 



8.7x1.2 



12.5 



9996 



14.6 



7.2x1.5 



18 



9997 



13-4 



7.5x1.6 



19-5 



9998 



15-2 



9 XI. 2 



12.5 



9999 



15 



9-5x1.3 



14 



10077 



15-9 



6.7x1.9 



29-5 



10978 



15 



9-7x1.5 



17 



Pepehi halua 7; pepehi 6; upeua pupu; hoopai 22. Koaia wood. 



Pepehi 9; pepehi 7; mole halua; pepehi 12. 



Halua upena; pepehi 14; pepehi 6; pepehi halua 6. Koaia wood. 



Upena pupu; halua konane pupu; pepehi 6; pepehi halua 9. 



Mole pupu; pepehi 7; pepehi 10; pepehi halua 6. Koaia wood. 



Pepehi 13; hoopai 20; hoopai 22; pepehi 11. 



Hoopai 16; pepehi 9; pepehi 8; hoopai 20. 



Mole halua; pepehi 5; mole pupu; pepehi 9. 



Hoopai 38; hoopai 33; hoopai 33; hoopai 25. 



Hoopai 26; pepehi 11; hoopai 15; hoopai 27. 



Pepehi 5; pepehi halua 9; mole; mole upena pupu. 



Pepehi 7; mole halua; mole; pepehi 11. 



Koeau puili; puili halua pawehe; puili halua pawehe; puili. 



Koaia wood. 

 Hoopai 27; hoopai 31; hoopai 32; hoopai 15. 

 Mole upena; hoopai 14; pepehi 8; mole halua. 

 Iwipuhi; iwipuhi; hoopai 19; laau niu. 

 Koeau; puili; puili halua; koeau halua. 

 Hoopai 21; hoopai 23; pepehi 8; pepehi 12. 



Papa Hole Kua Ula, or Malo Boards. 



We come now to an implement Avhich seems logically between the kua kttkti 

 and the ie kukti^ the anvil and the beater. It is, in its usual form, a rather long and 

 narrow board of the hard and tough kauila wood, grooved in the //ci?/;?/ pattern, one 

 of which is shown in Fig. 32, resting on the ordinar}^ anvil. Others are shown in 

 Fig. 44 that the varying sizes may be noted: the dimensions are given below. 



These are said to have been used in making 7nalo and pa'' 11.^ the waist cloth of 

 the male and female respectivel}'. I have never seen them used, and the}' are rare; 

 neither are they found on the other groups, so far as known. A curious modification 

 that brings them nearer to the kapa beaters is found in a specimen in the British 

 Museum, and in another belonging to Hon. S. M. Damon, which he has kindly 

 placed at my disposal for illustration (Fig. 45). I have seen no other specimen. 

 The length of this is 32.5 inches, and the equal faces are 2.5 inches wide; the grooves 

 number 39-39-19-3S; length of face, 26 inches; weight, 7 lbs. 7 oz. The corners are 

 slightly broken. 



I believe that the effect in breaking up the fibre and making the tissue very 

 flexible would be marked in the motion of two sets of hoopai grooves at nearly right 

 angles to each other; the result must be a gentle pulling or grinding action, hence 

 the product would be quite suitable for the malo or pa'u, both of which garments 

 should be soft and flexible to be comfortable. We may consider then that the papa 

 hole kua ula were a refinement for better finishing kapa. 



