. Memoirs of the Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum of Polynesian Ethnology and Natural History. Natural history; Ethnology. Nae of Feather Garments. 153 netting is as close as loose bnrlap/'' As stated by Dr. Brigliani, in Feather Work^ the bases of the cloaks are composed of several pieces of nae, each being cut to fit. The pieces are not always of the same mesh, that of those in the cloak of Kiwalao, for instance, varying from .1 to .25 inch. However, the mesh of the majorit}^ varies but slightly in each individual. The closeness of the mesh in some cloaks and capes has suggested research for a s
. Memoirs of the Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum of Polynesian Ethnology and Natural History. Natural history; Ethnology. Nae of Feather Garments. 153 netting is as close as loose bnrlap/'' As stated by Dr. Brigliani, in Feather Work^ the bases of the cloaks are composed of several pieces of nae, each being cut to fit. The pieces are not always of the same mesh, that of those in the cloak of Kiwalao, for instance, varying from .1 to .25 inch. However, the mesh of the majorit}^ varies but slightly in each individual. The closeness of the mesh in some cloaks and capes has suggested research for a suitable shuttle to do the work, but beyond the niao, already described, and needle of kauila wood, no implement has been found. In a piece of nae, specimen No. 2840-^", prepared for the addition of feathers, the mesh increases from ,05 at the top to .08 inch at the bottom and is too fine to allow even an ordinary pinhead to pass through readily. The specimen is inches wide and inches long, the edges of which have been trimmed at the knot without leaving the usual netting selvage. There are from four to ten rows of netting continu- ously in both direAions, while of course in netting the rows usually alternate. This nae was made without a shuttle with lengths of twine drawn through the loops, and for such purposes the natives dipped the ends of the twine into the highly saccharine juice of the hi root, which, drying rapidly, made the fibre stiff enough to be threaded through the holes. It is not the intention of the writer to give the impression that all nae have a number of rows of netting continuously running in the same diredion, for in most of the speci- mens the rows alternate regularly. The nae with a mesh of .25 inch could be and prob- ably was made with a shuttle such as that shown in the middle of Fig. loi, or a niao. In the colledion is a piece of unfinished netting of rather fine mesh, the history of which is unknown. The upper part is 41 inches wide wit
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