. Memoirs of the Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum of Polynesian Ethnology and Natural History. Natural history; Ethnology. Iiii-aHu'iuii Ncls and Nflliiia', of ilie koko pmipiiii, I'igs. 115, 147 and 148, were siirel}- too rciiiarkal)lc to liavc escaped obscrvalioii. AJl ilic older iiatnx-s conversed witli and encjiiircd of claimed tlial tlie j)iui was x'erv ancient— long antedated the ad- vent of Captain Cook. Still, too great reliability cannot be placed on these claims when the histor}- of the Kskimo netting needle mentioned among the tools is eonsidercd. A comparison of the pnn with the knot c
. Memoirs of the Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum of Polynesian Ethnology and Natural History. Natural history; Ethnology. Iiii-aHu'iuii Ncls and Nflliiia', of ilie koko pmipiiii, I'igs. 115, 147 and 148, were siirel}- too rciiiarkal)lc to liavc escaped obscrvalioii. AJl ilic older iiatnx-s conversed witli and encjiiircd of claimed tlial tlie j)iui was x'erv ancient— long antedated the ad- vent of Captain Cook. Still, too great reliability cannot be placed on these claims when the histor}- of the Kskimo netting needle mentioned among the tools is eonsidercd. A comparison of the pnn with the knot commonly- known as the hangman's knot will show that the former is bnt a slight niodifieation of the latter. Forei gn sail o r s h ave eloscly associated with the natives since 1778, and the sailor with his knowledge of knots on the one hand and the iiati\'e on the other eager to learn the foreigner's ways wonld make it a simple matter to intro- dncc a new method inlo tlieir wtirk. A koko pnn- pnn of w<ioke in the _::', ? ^'--1 !.'i "'„::, ^:f. "'* ?' . Mnsenm, No. 9050, and another of olona, fonnd km;. 134. II \xAi Ai 1!. jjj |_|j^. possession of a *'"'' '?'•''• "??^^^^?" "• gentleman in Mont)lnlu, were beguji in the native way with Piko F, bnt had the hanai nnide of simple knitting, h'ig. 15!, jind linislicd with a row (jf the pnn. li is known that the natives were tatight plain knitting by the inissiomrries, wdio eamc here in 1820, and proved. 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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