Memoirs of the Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum . 11 am not unmindful of theinteresting stone figure aln adydescribed and figured in theessay on Hawaiian Stone Im-plements ( Mem., vol. i. 4, , but that, if not f foreignworkmanship, was b portraitof a foreigner. All that isknown of this curious bust isgiven in the essay referred to,but the illustrations m ly birepeated here t show the con-trast to genuine native [l68] Old Hawaiian Carvings. 7 correct, they are the finest specimens known of Hawaiian portrait work. The measure-ments and description are as follow:— i. Height 28 in.; breadt
Memoirs of the Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum . 11 am not unmindful of theinteresting stone figure aln adydescribed and figured in theessay on Hawaiian Stone Im-plements ( Mem., vol. i. 4, , but that, if not f foreignworkmanship, was b portraitof a foreigner. All that isknown of this curious bust isgiven in the essay referred to,but the illustrations m ly birepeated here t show the con-trast to genuine native [l68] Old Hawaiian Carvings. 7 correct, they are the finest specimens known of Hawaiian portrait work. The measure-ments and description are as follow:— i. Height 28 in.; breadth of shoulders in. Dark wood well carefully carved, breasts conical. Teeth of lower jaw inserted as one piece of
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