Old time Hawaiians and their work . Method of starting Lauhala Mat BASKETS AND MATS 51 women wove the mats by hand, beginning in one cornerand working diagonally across. This plain weave couldbe skillfully patched by weaving in new strips. The maka/oa mats were more beautiful, as well asstronger and firmer, than the /an/ia/a ones. The makaloa vyw^^M^. Makaloa Mat sedge grew in marshy places on Niihau and Kauai. Themats had to be woven of young sedge. The stem wasstraw-colored, with its lower portion red. Other colorswere made with vegetable dyes. Captain Cook saw the following varieties: a whi
Old time Hawaiians and their work . Method of starting Lauhala Mat BASKETS AND MATS 51 women wove the mats by hand, beginning in one cornerand working diagonally across. This plain weave couldbe skillfully patched by weaving in new strips. The maka/oa mats were more beautiful, as well asstronger and firmer, than the /an/ia/a ones. The makaloa vyw^^M^. Makaloa Mat sedge grew in marshy places on Niihau and Kauai. Themats had to be woven of young sedge. The stem wasstraw-colored, with its lower portion red. Other colorswere made with vegetable dyes. Captain Cook saw the following varieties: a white matwith red stripes and figures interwoven on one side; 52 OLD-TIME HAWAllANS AND THEIR WORK
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