. Memoirs of the Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum of Polynesian Ethnology and Natural History. Natural history; Ethnology. [30 JI(t Li 1(1 iid ft iVris (Hid Ah'ihf{i^\ very disastrous. Tins koko tciok its name frt)iii nipnitpitn^'''''—tlie steward of a, perstm of liigli rank, deputed to earrv and earc for tlie alii's food. The modern native gives tlie meaning' of piinpun^'"' in tliis connection as a complicated or tliiclc 'knot, of wldcli tkis koko is generalIv formed, l)n,t since some of tlie koko pimpnii are of simple netting, Fig. 134, tlioiigli of xxn^' fine inesli, it wt)!ild seem that t
. Memoirs of the Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum of Polynesian Ethnology and Natural History. Natural history; Ethnology. [30 JI(t Li 1(1 iid ft iVris (Hid Ah'ihf{i^\ very disastrous. Tins koko tciok its name frt)iii nipnitpitn^'''''—tlie steward of a, perstm of liigli rank, deputed to earrv and earc for tlie alii's food. The modern native gives tlie meaning' of piinpun^'"' in tliis connection as a complicated or tliiclc 'knot, of wldcli tkis koko is generalIv formed, l)n,t since some of tlie koko pimpnii are of simple netting, Fig. 134, tlioiigli of xxn^' fine inesli, it wt)!ild seem that the derivation of tlie nanje came tliroiigh the ^\'ord aipiuipiin, the ex])kination of which was contrihti- \0^^^- *i^*,Ji^^Ss*^^.lKliff MiaMf /J ted l)v a vcr\' old native fishernnin. The material in the koko pniipiin is niaiiil}' waoke, but coir, olona, and in hitcr days horsehair, were also used, kh'ecpiently the |)iko and lower part of lianai are of eoir, and the n|jper part and kakai of waoke, rarelv olona, h^'ig. 104 c and //, and 105 h^ known us ptntkit. Occasioiialh'two or more materials, general!}- coir and w*aoke alternate in rows, wdieii the koko piinpnn is termed oriioiiio or paiikitkii. It is qnite possible tlnit horsehair suc- ceeded human hair, wdiicli was used very extensively in the neat braid of the niJit) palaoa and for decorating fan handles. The knots in the hanai were cither knitted or netted, taking for the application of tlie word knitted, a slip knot, or one that wdieti formed nnyy be undone l)y drawing on the last end of the cord. The knitted knot is shown in detail in Fig. 137 and following. It might be here mentioned that cncpilry among the older generation of living natives elicited almost no information concerning the mannfacliire and use of koko, particularly the koko puupuu, as these articles have been out of use for nnrn}^- years. One old nnm explained that he had seen his grandfather nuiike them, but that he himself had had no nse for th
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