. Memoirs of the Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum of Polynesian Ethnology and Natural History. Natural history; Ethnology. Sif)if)/t' J-'tfiiiis of Iniskfirv. -y altlioiigli lie can Ao without a mat. We lire Hn])]K>siiig liini willioiil eldtliinif i in ilie fasliioii of the region), so he eaii neillier use his hat nor his liatnlkereliii^f. He mij^iit have lieeii wreekcti on a desert ish:iiid withont the \-er\' eoiuxaiieiit coiicoitiilajits of the Swiss Inimilv Rohinson, and to gallier liis siniph: food, wlielhei" roois frniii the gnsiiml. nnls from the trees, or fish from the sea^, woiihl
. Memoirs of the Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum of Polynesian Ethnology and Natural History. Natural history; Ethnology. Sif)if)/t' J-'tfiiiis of Iniskfirv. -y altlioiigli lie can Ao without a mat. We lire Hn])]K>siiig liini willioiil eldtliinif i in ilie fasliioii of the region), so he eaii neillier use his hat nor his liatnlkereliii^f. He mij^iit have lieeii wreekcti on a desert ish:iiid withont the \-er\' eoiuxaiieiit coiicoitiilajits of the Swiss Inimilv Rohinson, and to gallier liis siniph: food, wlielhei" roois frniii the gnsiiml. nnls from the trees, or fish from the sea^, woiihl a mat or a haskel eunie ])esl lo hand'? 'Xo preserve his liule hoard WDuld he prefer a haskel ur a mat '^. Ihil a basket is a iiaei' eompliealed hit of woidx than a mere flat mat. Perhaps some haskels aie truly iiinri' difficult to make tlnin are scuue mats; hut liere is oue ( hhg. i ),euiiiiiii)ii ,;h lht^niii>Jr^-. onl the tro|)ieal world, whieh is a,s simpk- as eau well he imagineth autl, wdiile an i-llicirii! basket, also suggests how to ma,ke a mat. The \\-vs\\ lea,f nf tdie eueo pAliii is -aXwwss at hand and llie suitahh- seeiiou of midrib is tait l'r Imld. The ^^^ti^oui* mid-^ rib is the handle, and lo opeu the h:iskel it is caily neeessarv lo split tliis, an easv operation. The |xirtieuhir basket here hgiired I'aiiu- if) me frDin Manila Idled with delieinus Manila mangoes^^^^^^ thanks lo Lieuienaiit^ r,c(*rt;e M. St«»iie\- nl llic lb v^. lb-a,nspert Solaee—bnl similar rude Ijaskets an* imide e\^ia-\w\ here, and the iraxxdia^^ buys them at Suva w Apia hlled walh eoral, and in sme islands the i/srptaiter nr UKis«)n brings his few tools in a similar kil. Au<.tlier that eaaue ti. this Museum iilb'cl with madrepttres is shown jn Plate l\h the upp(a- k-ibdumd ligiirc 'Hie only simpha^^ earrying maehine of the iwture of a basket known to me is the Ibiwaiiau ki leal I r b;^^^ (ivliue iertniiialis), whieh is siiu|)ly wrapped arraind a single bs
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