. Memoirs of the Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum of Polynesian Ethnology and Natural History. Natural history; Ethnology. FEAl'HHR MAflfOlJt OR 41 Voya^t'S, Fig. 32, shows well a giMxl specimen, wliicli, hv tlie wav, closeh- rcseiiil>les one now in tlie British Museuiii. 'flic Hlrucrtiire was in g-eneral of wicker work made (»f if-ie or otlier iiiatA-rial, often beaiitifiill\' plaited, as will f)e seen in tlie illustrations gix'cn. ()\xt this was iieatl}' filled a net of oloiia to whieli fea,tliers were attaxdied, usiialU' red with crest of yellow and lines of l)lack or g'reeii. In n
. Memoirs of the Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum of Polynesian Ethnology and Natural History. Natural history; Ethnology. FEAl'HHR MAflfOlJt OR 41 Voya^t'S, Fig. 32, shows well a giMxl specimen, wliicli, hv tlie wav, closeh- rcseiiil>les one now in tlie British Museuiii. 'flic Hlrucrtiire was in g-eneral of wicker work made (»f if-ie or otlier iiiatA-rial, often beaiitifiill\' plaited, as will f)e seen in tlie illustrations gix'cn. ()\xt this was iieatl}' filled a net of oloiia to whieli fea,tliers were attaxdied, usiialU' red with crest of yellow and lines of l)lack or g'reeii. In niaju' of the lielinels that ha\^e siirxawd this. net has ^(nie as well as the feathers, and no traces are left ..f tlie oner splendid . ing. The remaining frame is so well made in maiiv inslanet^s lliat 1 was one suaded that the specimens in cpiestion were nrver intended lo be cnxA;red willi k«a but 1 am now convinced that all were nwered with feathers or huma,n hair. In cases the crest is partly detached from the cap and held in phicc hv spnrs; and in sc the crest has been so modified that unlv a row of knol)s remains: several uf this form are in European mnscnms, but none have the feathers left: so I aan to < mv cnnnion that these knobs were reallv the Ikisc en- support of feather plumes. vera! lattei- It is. 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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