Explanation of the Color Plates. 



A A and BB are intended to show the color of the specimens referred to in the text and are made 

 carefully from actual specimens. Doubtless in some cases the color has faded from its original 

 tone, especially with the yellows. 



A. Represents a portion of a pa'u : the ground yellow stamped in black and red ; both the yellow 

 (oleiia) and red (noni) have nearly faded out. A good t\pe of band formed by narrow stamps. 



B. Portion of a pa'u, well beaten and dyed yellow (olena) and stamped red (alaea) and black 

 (uatiahu). Collected by Captains Crowninshield and Folger in 1802. Given by the Peabody 

 Academy of Science, Salem, Mass. (K. 3152). 



C. Yellow (originally) kapa ruled with black and red, collected bj^ Captains Crownin.shield and 

 Folger in 1802. Given by the P. A. vS. (E. 3165). 2. A fragment from the Philadelphia 

 Academy of Natural Sciences, dating from the time of the \\'ilkes Expedition : originally yel- 

 low with black lines and brown filling. 3. Portion of a child's dre.ss ; the red filling is alaea. 

 Purchased from the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions (B. P. B. M. 7783). 

 4. Portion of a holoku (B. P. B. M, 2487) ruled first in red, then in black. 



D. Fragment of yellow kapa stamped in black and ruled in red. Peale collection, 3168. Given 

 by P. A. N. S. 2. From the Marquesas by Captains Crowninshield and Folger in 1S02. Given 

 by P. A. S. (E. 3159). 



E. 1-3. Striped kapa from the Rembrandt Peale collection, 444S, 4450 and 4449. Given by P. A. 

 N. S. 4. Curious specimen from the author's collection of Cook kapa, C. 10. 



F. I. A much faded specimen originalI\- with a bright pink lining and black stamps of niho me 

 ke haukeuke (B. P. B. M. 2397). 2. A show>' kapa (B. P. B. M. 2395) marked with what is 

 called the "echinus pattern" for some unknown reason. The pink bands were originally 

 much brighter. 



G. I. An oiled kapa pa'u remarkabl\- stamped with many thousand impressions in Ijlack and red 

 (B. P. B. M., 2316). 2. Another oiled kapa once belonging to Queen Kalama, wife of Kameha- 

 meha III (B. P. B. M. 2695). Both these much desired for purposes of native sorcery. 



PI. I. A brown, leathery, mamaki kapa from Kauai, author's collection. 2. F'rom Cook collec- 

 tion II, 37. 3. F'rom same collection, No. 81. 



I. I. A thick, painted kapa kilohana, very old (B. P. B. M., 2776). 2. Kapa rudely painted with 

 alaea and uanahu, said to ha\e been found in a burial cave some twenty-five years ago (B. P. 

 B. M., 2335). 



J. I. A gray kilohana stamped with the "bent knee" pattern in alaea and nanahu (B. P. B. M. 

 2470). 2. A kilohana of blue with surface cut into triangles by stamped lines of black, some 

 filled in with red (B. P. B. M. 2443). 



K. I. A kilohana made as described on page 113 (B. P. B. M., 2505). 2. Portion of a kapa pa'u 

 from Oahu. Black stamps on ohelo-colored ground. From R. Peale collection, No. 4480. 

 Given to the author by the P. A. N. S. 



