. Memoirs of the Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum of Polynesian Ethnology and Natural History. Natural history; Ethnology. 98 The Ancient Hawaiian floitse. ill In' tlie wind. Up to this point tlie skilled thatcher strives rather to make the grass lay flat and present an even appearance on the inside of the house, if there be no lining, and the outside is left to look after itself for the present. The method most eoniuionly used in good houses consists in braiding the half of the grass on each side with a stiffetiisu.; nf U\--A\ yj''.^-' iniiil Uh, whole form- w roiiipav! : nil siii;hil\- pioliihor
. Memoirs of the Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum of Polynesian Ethnology and Natural History. Natural history; Ethnology. 98 The Ancient Hawaiian floitse. ill In' tlie wind. Up to this point tlie skilled thatcher strives rather to make the grass lay flat and present an even appearance on the inside of the house, if there be no lining, and the outside is left to look after itself for the present. The method most eoniuionly used in good houses consists in braiding the half of the grass on each side with a stiffetiisu.; nf U\--A\ yj''.^-' iniiil Uh, whole form- w roiiipav! : nil siii;hil\- (See Plate XXVIII.) Where a trimming of grass or fern is nsed, as in Fig. 66, the house at Kailua, so much eare is not expended, but reliance is placed on this trimming to act as ridge-board. The absence of chinine\- and of all openings except the door greatly simplifies the work. The grass on each side of the door is earefnlly braided both for protection to the grass and for the eonifort of the persons passing in or out. In the most modern grass houses, those built after the advent of foreigners, boards were substituted for the more difficult finish of ; Thatehiiig with grass leaves the aho uncovered > ri<*ig. 6=5) rtating from wme tit [2821 ? about 1835,. 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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