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276. A heav}' waoke mole kapa, yellow striped with red; "part of a shawl worn by 

 ladies." Brought from Tahiti in 1799 by Captain Benjamin Carpenter and given 

 by the P. A. S. (E. 3158). 



277. A heavy, yellowish, mole kapa, painted dead red on one side (A A, 12). Given 

 by P. A. S. (E. 3157). This is a most remarkable kapa, and when it came into 

 m}^ possession I was inclined to attribute it to the IMarquesas, although it was 

 marked "Hawaii." I have since found among the kapa used in swathing the 

 bones of the dead iu the burial caves in these islands similar cloth. It is thick 

 and covered with sharp raised lines arranged in the pawehe manner with dots in 

 the centre of the rhombs, and on the reverse the depressions are almost as distinct 

 as the ridges; it is like the impression on paper made by a seal and its matrix. 

 In the specimen these lines are one-sixth of an inch apart, and on the limited 

 size (6X9 inches) there is little evidence of overlapping as is usual when these 

 lines are made in the nao b)' the ordinar}' beater; and yet we have specimens of 

 this same pattern in minature where almost the same regularity occurs when the 

 process was undoubtedly beating with the iekuku. When it is understood that 

 the cloth is thick and the relief almost that of embossed Cordovan leather, the 

 skill and strength of the maker will' be appreciated. 



278. Portion of a pa';i brought from the Hawaiian Ids. in 1802 b}' Captains Crowuin- 

 shield and Folger. It is stamped in black and ruled with compound red (paiula) 

 lines alternating with the stamps, and the stamped bands have a faint streak of 

 noni down the midst. Given by the P. A. S. (E. 3164). 



279. Thick, yellow, waoke, hoopai kapa, stamped in crimson with fern leaves; from 

 Tahiti, said to have been made by the Queen. Given b}- the P. A. S. (E. 3167). 



280. Gray waoke kapa of pepehi beat and mottled with red on one side, soft and thin. 

 Brought from Nukuhiva, Marquesas Ids., by Captain Nathaniel Page, 1812-1818. 

 Given by P. A. S. (E. 3292). 



281. Red and black, leathery, hoopai kapa, varnished on one side; from Aitutaki, 

 Hervey Group. B. N. Silsbee, 1830-1840, and given b}^ P. A. S. (E. 3176). 



282. White hoopai, waoke kapa brought from Pitcairn's Island by Dr. Babbit, 1822. 

 Given by P. A. S. (E. 3147). 



283. White hoopai, waoke kapa, brought from Hivaoa [Dominica], IMarquesas Ids., in 

 1826 by Captain Benjamin Vanderford, and given by P. A. S. (E. 3294). 



284. Mole, waoke kapa, unbleached; brought in 1802 from the Marquesas Ids. by 

 Captains Crowninshield and Folger. Given bj- P. A. S. (3295). 



285. Yellow waoke, pepehi kapa; brought from the Hawaiian Ids. b}' Mr. William 

 Eldredge, 1807-1810. Given by P. A. S- (E. 3169). 



286. A verj' open, thin, white, mole kapa from the island Geb}-, just south of the 

 equator, between Gilolo and New Guinea. Given by P. A. S. (E. 3150). 



287. A very old piece of the Tahitian yellow waoke hoopai kapa stamped with crim- 

 son fern print (PI. 19, 2). There are really two sheets of kapa pasted together, 

 each very thin, as shown where water has destroj-ed the pia paste on one edge. 

 Given by P. A. S. (E. 1914). 



