. Memoirs of the Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum of Polynesian Ethnology and Natural History. Natural history; Ethnology. AIORJARS. 33 to have l:>ccii a small boulder c)r iiodiilc of verv cellular lava, and was ni(lcl\- fasliioiied more l)y use tliati in ilic original intent. It is considered an awa mortar, l)ecaiiKe ed away.* The nriddlc one shows an approach to the more finished specimens we will next consider, and wliich show a remarkal)le deg-ree of patient and nndcrstanding work, lioth inside and ont the finish is good, but within the sha{)c is very perfect, Ixdng. ox mc al
. Memoirs of the Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum of Polynesian Ethnology and Natural History. Natural history; Ethnology. AIORJARS. 33 to have l:>ccii a small boulder c)r iiodiilc of verv cellular lava, and was ni(lcl\- fasliioiied more l)y use tliati in ilic original intent. It is considered an awa mortar, l)ecaiiKe ed away.* The nriddlc one shows an approach to the more finished specimens we will next consider, and wliich show a remarkal)le deg-ree of patient and nndcrstanding work, lioth inside and ont the finish is good, but within the sha{)c is very perfect, Ixdng. ox mc almost almond-shape in section. The fi\'e mortars shown in Fig. 2S weii:' all h)nnd on the island of Kanai, hidden in the earth within the limits t)f the Kealin sugar planta- tion, and were tnrned n|) by the pk)w in cudtivating for cane. Mr. deorge II. Dole was at tlic time manager of this plantation and added them to his |)ri\-ate ctdlet-lion, most, of which afterwards came to the Ilisho|) Musennr The dimensioir^ of these rare speci- mens, for 1 do not know of any similar in any of the museums, arc a,s follows, in the order in which the}' are placed in the figure. Height and diameter in intdics:— No. 1222, ; i:?:>4. : 1221. ; 1223, SxS; i:>25. ''7. Tliese were generall}' used h»r grinding kukni or kamani nuts for both oil and the relish called imunoiKi, I have traced tfie place of their manufacture to a hill above. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum. Honolulu : Bishop Museum Press
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