. Memoirs of the Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum of Polynesian Ethnology and Natural History. Natural history; Ethnology. Ljghl in llir Diirkiirss. 131 niinilier of tlicsc stritii^.s witli cln- liaiiaiia leaves into a i-ylinder sonic six inches in diameter, and from two to tour feet long. This lamakii produced a bright light, con- venient for a iiight-timc dance or revel, but it gave out L«)() much, smoke to lie tolerated ill the ill-ventilated houses, althon^gh the glow w^is pleasant throngh the open door. The n,sual evening light for the interior was the ston,e lamp tx'd with kukni oil and supp
. Memoirs of the Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum of Polynesian Ethnology and Natural History. Natural history; Ethnology. Ljghl in llir Diirkiirss. 131 niinilier of tlicsc stritii^.s witli cln- liaiiaiia leaves into a i-ylinder sonic six inches in diameter, and from two to tour feet long. This lamakii produced a bright light, con- venient for a iiight-timc dance or revel, but it gave out L«)() much, smoke to lie tolerated ill the ill-ventilated houses, althon^gh the glow w^is pleasant throngh the open door. The n,sual evening light for the interior was the ston,e lamp tx'd with kukni oil and supplied with one or more wicks of twisted strip of kapa, or with the older and sini|)lcr candle of these same iinls first roasted and shelled and then strung as in the Itnxh but in shorter lengths. vSucli candles it was the dnty of the younger uiend)ers of the familv to earc for, and tlicv were "snuffed-' ly\' in\-erting the candle until tlie next nnt. was alight and then knocking off the eml/iers of the spent nut. The odor was strong, resembling that of roasting peanuts, and care had to be taken that the half extin- guished coal did not set the mat carpet afire. As shown in I'ig. 106 the same stone lamp that held the oil could also be used for candlestick for the nuA, candles. The lamps were of many forms, not ver>' portafde hut durable beyond most m,odcrn lamps. Their forms are shown in Fig. 107 ami others are described in the already pu1)lishcd aceonnt of Hawaiian Stcme ;' The oil was ground cait of the nuts in stone mortars many of which are figured in the same work (p. 3()6), and all important houses had one or more of these, as the oil was lunne-niade. I'ig. loS shows a common form of mortar, Imt some were of considerable size and good work-^ nianship. Usually the stone pestles were neither so large nor so neatly finished as those of the .4nierind, but then the latter had greater nsc h»r the implement in grind-. Please note that these images are ext
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