234 ^^ Hana Kapa. 



both swam ashore, nor could he ever learn whether she was the mother, sister or 

 relation, and this he lamented the more, as such affection was very seldom seen 

 among those people." 



35. Tongan. A well-made hoopai kapa apparently white or cream color although the 

 catalogue refers to it as colored. It was presented to Mr. King. 



36. Tahitian. A good hoopai kapa presented to Lieutenant King b}- one of the priests. 



37. Tongatabu. A coarse, durable kapa stamped brown with the upete. 



38. Tahitian. Thin, white papery cloth "wore b}- the j-oung dancers of both sexes." 



39. "A fine specimen of the lace-bark, from Jamaica, bought at the Duchess of Port- 



laud's sale." 



Cook Collection II. 



While we have here some of the finest known specimens of the Hana Kapa 

 few have any designated locality', and of these several are surely wrong; nor do we 

 know when or hy whom the colleAion was brought together in the goodly volume of 

 one hundred and ten specimens measuring generally 7.2X10.5 inches. Of the figured 

 ones it is not so difficult to determine the origin ; but ^\ ith the plain white fabrics it is 

 sometimes impossible, pieces known to have been made in Tahiti are undistinguishable 

 from some of equally- positive Hawaiian origin, and the size of a hand specimen in- 

 creases the difficulty. As was to have been expecfled we have in this colleAion kinds 

 of kapa found also in the first one, and these are perhaps pieces of the same sheet. 

 All are remarkably well preserved, being bound betwixt stiff sheets of ledger paper, 

 and they give evidence of verj' little handling. If onl}- the origin were authoritativel}- 

 stated the collecftion would be a model one. 



1. Tahiti ? Rather thick mole cloth through which the dyes used have to some extent 



penetrated. The order of the line decoration is two bands each of three wav}' 

 black lines on white; then a broken line of round red dots, and the black bands 

 repeated; then ten thin lines of dark red and one broader one on a red-brown 

 ground followed b}- a band of this ground color of equal width ; repeat. This may 

 be Hawaiian or Tahitian with the preference given above. 



2. Tahiti. A thin brownish fabric, mole, ruled with thin black lines averaging 3.8 inch 



apart crossed by converging lines in pairs ; two dark red and six black lines ; repeat. 



3. Hawaii. Yellow hoopai kapa witli bands of red ochre alternately .8 and .6 inch, 



each with an open zigzag of the ground color in its midst. 



4. Hawaii. A firm mole fabric with bands of color nearly covering the unbleached 



ground. PI. U, 2. Probably portion of a pa'n. 



5. Tahiti or Tonga. A very well-beaten mole fabric ruled with thin parallel black 



lines in pairs about .2 inch apart; these are crossed at an angle of 45° b}- similar 

 double lines fifteen in number separated by seven dark red thicker lines, or 

 thirteen lighter red, all of the red lines single. Pa'u. 



