446 Memoirs Bcrnicc P. Bishop Mitsciiiii 



NUKU HIVA III\A OA V.V\'V IIIVA 



String;" records Rare or absent Coninion Coninion 



Wood carving Infori<ir G<^od ( lOod 



Stone construction, ceremonial structures, sculpture and niethnds used for 

 the disposal of the dead are reserved for detailed discussion in a rejwrt on Alar- 

 quesan archaeology in preparation. 



STOXIt COXSTKUCTIUX 

 HI\'A OA NUKf IIIVA FATU IIIVA 



Rough Stone Sniallcr stone, poorer Large stone, good con- vSmall stone, poor con- 

 construction struction struction 



Cut Stone Rare except in cere- Common in structures Rare even in ceremonial 



nionial structures .... of all sorts structures 



CERKMONIAL STRUCTfRES 

 Nl'KU IIIVA IlIN'A OA EATL' liI\A 



Toluia Large, surrounded 1jy Smaller, platforms on v'small. enclnsed by wall, 



platforms one side only platfurm nu erne side 



only 



IMe'ae Platforms like house ]\Lany terraces and plat- Smaller than 1 liva Oa 



platforms, t^mall and forms, large and com- but complex 



simple ])lex 



Linking of Tohua and 



Me'ae Absent Constant Constant 



SCULPTURE 

 Xl'KU UIV.\ IllN'A OA I'ATU IIIVA 



Wooden Liiagcs Common Common Common 



Stone Images Rare Common Rare 



Relief Carvings Absent Common Rare or absent 



Architectural Images. . . \'ery rare Common Rare or alisent 



Detached 1 leads \'ery rare Common Rare or absent 



DISPOS.\L or THE DEAD 

 NUKEI IIIVA IIIVA OA F.\TU IIIVA 



Mummification in 



dwelling Common Rare Normal 



Mummification in sej)- 



arate house Rare Normal Rare 



Platform for embalm- Common on s. side of 



ing house Absent island, rare on north Rare 



Coffin Canoe shaped with Trough shaped with Trough shaped with cov- 



wood cover cover of poles er of poles 



Tree Inirial Common Rare Rare 



E-xcept for stone construction, ceremonial structures and sculpture the local 

 differences now ascertainable within the Marf|uesas are so slight that little can 

 be deduced from them; but they appear to i)oint to a higher development of 

 carving in the southern islands of the group and of stone construction in the 

 northern islands. The blending of these two influences in Iliva ( )a produced the 

 high development of stone sculpture on that island. 



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