. Memoirs of the Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum of Polynesian Ethnology and Natural History. Natural history; Ethnology. Aiicirui ffivivaiiiVii luins. ir A form of fan used by tlic cliiefs before I he ad\-eiil; «if forcig-iiers is sliowii in Fig. lo, reprcseiitiiig a collecflioii of Ilawaiiaii fans in tlie British MiisciinL None of these are so nseful as those sliown in the ;^ figure. I ha\x' not exaniiiieil eare- full}' these fans, whicli have, 1 nnderstantl, fieen in Uio Miisenin for inaii\- years; bnt, from the speeinien in the l>|) Mirsenni, shown in h'ig. i r, i
. Memoirs of the Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum of Polynesian Ethnology and Natural History. Natural history; Ethnology. Aiicirui ffivivaiiiVii luins. ir A form of fan used by tlic cliiefs before I he ad\-eiil; «if forcig-iiers is sliowii in Fig. lo, reprcseiitiiig a collecflioii of Ilawaiiaii fans in tlie British MiisciinL None of these are so nseful as those sliown in the ;^ figure. I ha\x' not exaniiiieil eare- full}' these fans, whicli have, 1 nnderstantl, fieen in Uio Miisenin for inaii\- years; bnt, from the speeinien in the l>|) Mirsenni, shown in h'ig. i r, it is pi-t)bahle that some of them are of pandanns. In this hasi fan, which is verv olil aaid brittle, the form is not so nseful as ornamental: the lilade is closel\" and nt'atl\- wowni: the Sjireaih^' ing handle, whitdi is the reniaad^able part of the f:iii, is ea,ri:fnilv enibroidereil wiih. linnnm bair and some Ijrown fibrt'. In many respcels this wnrk siir])a'^^srs in di-siyji anything Hawaiian in the flepaiijncnt of basketr\-. C hily tlu- Si)h'ninn Islandtws, as we shall see later on, have done finer ivoi^k nf Uk' kind in thiir grass i-nibr«>idi-r\\ The nseof linnnrn bair, wdielher of friend or entail)-, vcas eomnion in Sanma and hdji as wxdl as i)\\ Hawa,ii,l>nt on the last gnnt}) the hair was almost al\wa\'S that ol smm- friend. Sf\sa%'il of these fairs are in the ]\Iuseum of the I\;abody .Acadtany of Scienfi" at Salem. Mass., nmsl of them of good fornn These wi-w: in the (dd Marine Masenni carl\- in the hoU eonturw I \\i\\it never seen any of these edd time fans in |>ri\sitc eolleetions mi these Is'amds. In all countries wdiere the coeo |)a,lm alKarnck; consi<lerabU- use is made I'f the lea\'i'S ffu- walls, fenees, fisli weirs, screens, etc. Twcj lea\x'S, or moiv tiimitajiily I he llal\x^s ef a leaf, are placed wiih the split midril) outward and the leaOels riidel\- iiilerwn\t;n. The sides of tropical honses are often made of ibis rustic paneling,
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