. Memoirs of the Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum of Polynesian Ethnology and Natural History. Natural history; Ethnology. 9(1 Mai an if Baskfi Wnrring. 164^, altlioiigli prcvionslv seen by 'MciidafKi, the inhabitants appear tx) i)e of Polynesian origin (and the fii»iirc of the weaver referred to in the note is stroiig'ly Polynesian), and the men are the websters, while in Polynesia iiropcr the mat \vea\-iiig' is the women's work. Here then is a I\)lviiesian ffimilv wlu) have adopted th,e loom of their neighbors without alteratit)n or i m pro vemeiit, and the (jiiesti(ai not unnaturally arises lio
. Memoirs of the Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum of Polynesian Ethnology and Natural History. Natural history; Ethnology. 9(1 Mai an if Baskfi Wnrring. 164^, altlioiigli prcvionslv seen by 'MciidafKi, the inhabitants appear tx) i)e of Polynesian origin (and the fii»iirc of the weaver referred to in the note is stroiig'ly Polynesian), and the men are the websters, while in Polynesia iiropcr the mat \vea\-iiig' is the women's work. Here then is a I\)lviiesian ffimilv wlu) have adopted th,e loom of their neighbors without alteratit)n or i m pro vemeiit, and the (jiiesti(ai not unnaturally arises liow it is that none of the other tribes did the same thing", if they all entered the l^aj^ifie t h rou, gli the western gate? In all these sim- ple looms the warp- bcain,s are two sticks of ecpial and suitable length ealled o. In the simplest form in this Museum these are Icugllis of the light and smooth stem of some barge palm leaf, but in the better one figured thev are of heavy wood cut with some care and knobbed at the ends (Fig. 96, A). The widest of these seldom execed three feet, and those of Santa Cruz are hardly a third of that length. Around these pass the longitudinal fibres or warp; tlicse are eontinnons and slide on the l)eam. The length of tlie warp determines the length of the nurt, and the number of warp threads its width. The beams armed with the warp a,re stretehed in a horizontal position, one being held by eords passed around a post_or. OM l^kOM C,\RO. 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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