. Memoirs of the Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum of Polynesian Ethnology and Natural History. Natural history; Ethnology. 44 ffAlVAlIAN STONE IMPLEMENTS, Every tiling beloiigx-cl to the King. The Hawaiian saying "(-^ //////f, o laJo, kin\ (f a/ca (I (f ka liiia p(i('^ ko kr ^iir^ { All jilxive, all hclow, the sea, the land, and iron cast upon the shore, all belong to the King) was so true that if a chief heard the noise of pounding poi, and was luiiigry, he could take the poi from tlie commoner to satisfy his own hunger even if he left the pt)or fellow starving. l''his was sufficiently com-
. Memoirs of the Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum of Polynesian Ethnology and Natural History. Natural history; Ethnology. 44 ffAlVAlIAN STONE IMPLEMENTS, Every tiling beloiigx-cl to the King. The Hawaiian saying "(-^ //////f, o laJo, kin\ (f a/ca (I (f ka liiia p(i('^ ko kr ^iir^ { All jilxive, all hclow, the sea, the land, and iron cast upon the shore, all belong to the King) was so true that if a chief heard the noise of pounding poi, and was luiiigry, he could take the poi from tlie commoner to satisfy his own hunger even if he left the pt)or fellow starving. l''his was sufficiently com- mon in practice to induce the making of pounders of smaller size that would not. IfNI'IXlSniiD POl rOUNOKKS. heli-av the prc|)aration of food by the noise. Ahi polnikit km poi nuilii. Such are several of the pounders shown in Figs. 43 and 44, and these lighter forms were the ones carried liy the servants of a chief on a journey. On tlie island Kauai are found two peculiar huuns: one in its various modifica- tions is shown in Plate XIJ\'.: the other in Plates XLV. and XLVl. Both of these hirnrs are two-handed and the -|3rocess is rather grinding than pounding. They were j)referrcd hn- grinding the barks and berries used in dyeing kapa. The stirrup form nia)' be regarded the older, certainly the easier to make, and the ring form { po!iakii kuipiik(t i)x poliakit ptika) nmy have developed fr<nn this l)y wearing thron,gh the concavitv. This ring ftaun is h)nnd among the old corn grinders of Mexico, and .so. 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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