. Memoirs of the Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum of Polynesian Ethnology and Natural History. Natural history; Ethnology. Mnofi Dnorivays. ^\q by tlie p:raticlfather of Matangn, an old mail in icSao. Thus datiiii;- from the time of Cook's visit, or perhaps earlier. The iigawaewae were, in the old hoiu^es, \-frv short; a fine |i;ur in l]iis ^Iiisenni from Tetahekc, Lake Rotoiki, shown in PL XXII, measures im\\ thirl\- inelies in height, hut with the ach'eiit of forcigiiers the heiglit <»f tlie (hjorw^m^ increased, and modern carved ngawaewae arc made liii^di eiioui^li t(5 aceoniiiiodate a tall
. Memoirs of the Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum of Polynesian Ethnology and Natural History. Natural history; Ethnology. Mnofi Dnorivays. ^\q by tlie p:raticlfather of Matangn, an old mail in icSao. Thus datiiii;- from the time of Cook's visit, or perhaps earlier. The iigawaewae were, in the old hoiu^es, \-frv short; a fine |i;ur in l]iis ^Iiisenni from Tetahekc, Lake Rotoiki, shown in PL XXII, measures im\\ thirl\- inelies in height, hut with the ach'eiit of forcigiiers the heiglit <»f tlie (hjorw^m^ increased, and modern carved ngawaewae arc made liii^di eiioui^li t(5 aceoniiiiodate a tall ioreioiier: one of these is shown in Ph'g. 26. Iti the modtiii work tlu- tild design, h('we\-er, still aj)^-. I'K;. 32. INTlvKUjK Ol' :\l\nKl Hnl'Sl';. RoT'SKi pears, one figure npon another. The ninnd bellies of the liy fingered hand, the fingers of one or the other hand inserted in itself reealling the mouth of the Hawaiian idols, who ab^o havi all are repeated in, most of the docrrposts I have seen. A ngawaewae is of L fcn-tii, the fignres oeeupying the sIkuI arm, deeorated with Maori arabesques. In the fine doorway shown in hhg. 33 the same figures ai;e The main figure over the door has so large a head that the r( necks docs not seem unreasonable. In the iMg. 34, the cc in the Bishop Museum, the interlaced strap pattern of the f 223,1 aires, the ,^ the setdi. whih tra,l slul tlie mou sani' .fi <»f the th, ill her side cable dfviee nf IS three- L' mouth (pie e\a% of these :r one is door, .f Iwr'. a hue ] :1 ex^eii. 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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