. Memoirs of the Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum of Polynesian Ethnology and Natural History. Natural history; Ethnology. Mat ttiijj Baskfi IVritvimr Ijaskcts, as at tlic present day. Three ferns Ijore the general name /ri v//Viyffif, Pifvis den'fn'eiis and Adnmhini fapiUits I'l'iiiiis: all of tliese lia\'iiii4^' siiioeth (hirk~c(dore(l stipes var^diig in eeler from dark brown through purple to bhiek. A material nut \'er\' flexible (ext'ept when soaked), hut gloss}' and durable. In the da3-8 wdieii Honolulu was a ren- dezvous h)r whalers ill the Paeifie a fash- ion was introduced ajneng the ffawa
. Memoirs of the Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum of Polynesian Ethnology and Natural History. Natural history; Ethnology. Mat ttiijj Baskfi IVritvimr Ijaskcts, as at tlic present day. Three ferns Ijore the general name /ri v//Viyffif, Pifvis den'fn'eiis and Adnmhini fapiUits I'l'iiiiis: all of tliese lia\'iiii4^' siiioeth (hirk~c(dore(l stipes var^diig in eeler from dark brown through purple to bhiek. A material nut \'er\' flexible (ext'ept when soaked), hut gloss}' and durable. In the da3-8 wdieii Honolulu was a ren- dezvous h)r whalers ill the Paeifie a fash- ion was introduced ajneng the ffawaii- aiis that musL have Ijorrowed froru^ meth- ods used long l)efore, so that ill describing it the mere tuiriositv of the result vields wholly to the sug- gestion of a nianu- fatRure of ferii-stem luiskelr\\ of which 110 other reiuaius are extant, The hats for women, still made in fancy form, do n,ot suggest ail}- ancient origin. Ca|)tains of whalers almost invarial))y had on board their vessels at least one silk hat, not alwa^\-s of the latest block, which they were accustomed to wear ashore on public or important occasions, and these absurd and uncomfortable head-dresses, which fashion imposed upon the white man, roused great admiraticui in the l)reast of his dusky imitator. Wives en- sweetheaals soon fashioned the respeftable imitation (it was in the days of the early missionaries), whieli is shown in k*ig, 72. Fern stems and horse hair are the coui|)onents, and it was certainly l)etter fitted to withstand tropical rains than its silken proiot_ype. The particular speeimen figured, now in tlie llishop .Mitsenm, was ''- ^^u\v^ w> -ivc^ tllf .Uliliitiun ' U It; itlci. ulii «/ like IIR: ki; pukui. iia ulaiia |ni ia iiic ka papulr ;. 11 AX ri'IKX-STKM. 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
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