Old time Hawaiians and their work . Decorated Gourds and wooden dishes to hold the food. That is what theHawaiians did. They never learned to make dishes thatwould not burn. They raised the bottle gourd, and also a large gourdthat would sometimes hold ten or fifteen gallons. 44 GOURDS AND CALABASHES 45 The Hawaiian women had one advantage in growingtheir own dishes. They often tied bandages on the youngfruit and made it grow in the shape which they Menehunes carrying Water in Calauashes The ripe fruit was put in the sun so that the insidewould decompose. To clean the gourds for use, s
Old time Hawaiians and their work . Decorated Gourds and wooden dishes to hold the food. That is what theHawaiians did. They never learned to make dishes thatwould not burn. They raised the bottle gourd, and also a large gourdthat would sometimes hold ten or fifteen gallons. 44 GOURDS AND CALABASHES 45 The Hawaiian women had one advantage in growingtheir own dishes. They often tied bandages on the youngfruit and made it grow in the shape which they Menehunes carrying Water in Calauashes The ripe fruit was put in the sun so that the insidewould decompose. To clean the gourds for use, smallpebbles were shaken about in them. Some of these dishes were decorated with lines andtriangles. A pattern was marked upon the outside witha piece of hard wood or a stone. After standing in amuddy taro patch for many days, the marked places 46 OLD-TIME HAWAIIANS AND THEIR WORK became black or brown and harmonized beautifully with the rest of the surface, which kept its light-brown color. The gourd was light and durable and had many uses. The bottle gourds with long necks held water at home, while the short-necked ones servedthe same purpose onjourneys or in thecanoe. Sometimesthe neck of a bottlewas filled with loosefibers and. served asa strainer. The largegourds were used tomake calabashes forholding food, andalso as trunks, andfor drums, rattles,and the like. There are no inelesor chants about thefirst calabash. Per-haps some canoemaker was th
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