3i6 Memoirs Dcniicc P. Bislio/^ Museum 



at least one other zone. In all the specimens seen there was a complete absence 

 of simple angular-geometric designs of tlie house post tyjie. The designs used 

 were selected about equally from those regularly used for tattooing ;uk1 bowl 

 carving. Tiki faces and even flattened figures were noticed in a few paddles. 

 Edge-Partington (20, p. 5) shows a paddle bavins a design carved on the inner side 

 of the blade and two heads in high relief on the outer side. 



It would ajjpear that paddle designs did not constitute a distinct class. 

 All the specimens studied are more or less recent, however, and it is quite possible 

 that there were originally distinctive paddle designs which have been gradually 

 overlaid or lost. In many of the commercial specimens the terminal knob is 

 decorated with very simple angiilar-geometric figures like those carved on house 

 posts, but it is impossible to say whether the practice is ancient. 



BAILERS 



The constant leaking of a built U]) canoe made the bailer a necessary part 

 of its equipment, and bailers of the ancient form are still in constant use through- 

 out the group. These bailers are made of iiiio or temanu wood, and are sha])ed 

 like a sugar scoop with the handle reversed, that is. projecting forward over the 

 cavity. The top of the bailer is perfectly flat, the uj^per side of the handle being 

 flush with the edges of the scoop. The bottom is also flat, rounding up gradu- 

 ally in the rear. The forward edge of the scoop is straight, the upper corners 

 being rounded off. In ancient times some bailers were carved, but no decorated 

 examples were seen. (See PI. XLiii, P and E.) 



CANOE MODELS 



Nvunerous references have been made in the course of this paper to canoe 

 models. At the present time many of these models are made for sale to Europeans. 

 The industry centers in Fatu Hiva. It is certain that models were also made in 

 early times, and there is mention of their use in connection with religious cere- 

 monies. The modern models are elaborately carved all over; the designs used 

 are borrowed from tattooing and bowl carving. (See PI. xliv. /).) The designs 

 used upon the superstructure are usually simi)le angular-geometric motifs of the 

 sort said to have been used upon the actual canoes, although in the recent speci- 

 mens there is a tendency to apply curvilinear designs to these parts also, especially 

 to the side planks. ^Nlany of the recent examples are made of liufii wood, 

 treated by the method mentioned in connection with the paddles. 



The desire for quantity production has led in the newer models to a lack 

 of accuracy in the proportions of the various parts and the omission of all details 

 not visible when the canoe is assembled. They can therefore serve as a 

 guide only to the general form of the ancient craft. The really old models 



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