Handbook to the ethnographical collections . Fio. 129.—Poi pounders from Polynesia. 1,2, 3. Hawaiian , 5, 6. Tahiti. 7, 8. Marquesas Islands. 1>. Mangaia, Hervey Islands. consumed, and the animal to be cooked, first wrapped up in bread-fruit or other large leaves, is deposited upon them, yams, taro,breadfruit, &c., being placed above. The whole pit is then filledup Avith leaves and covered over with eartli in order to retain POLYNESIANS AND MICRONESIANS 149 the heat. After some hours the meat is found to be perfectlycooked. Clothing was very simple. Men wore a long narrow strip ofb
Handbook to the ethnographical collections . Fio. 129.—Poi pounders from Polynesia. 1,2, 3. Hawaiian , 5, 6. Tahiti. 7, 8. Marquesas Islands. 1>. Mangaia, Hervey Islands. consumed, and the animal to be cooked, first wrapped up in bread-fruit or other large leaves, is deposited upon them, yams, taro,breadfruit, &c., being placed above. The whole pit is then filledup Avith leaves and covered over with eartli in order to retain POLYNESIANS AND MICRONESIANS 149 the heat. After some hours the meat is found to be perfectlycooked. Clothing was very simple. Men wore a long narrow strip ofbark-cloth {ta2Xi), passed round the waist and l^etween the legs, calledmaro or malo- Women had a kind of petticoat reaching to the knees,made of bark-cloth or grass. In most islands a large piece of bark- ^^^m^tt ?1 vWi 1 r iB^^^ini iiiiiiii ^j^^^^^^^^^K^ *^^^^^^^^^^^^^^B - jBH^k. ^^^^^^^^^Km „ llra^ •i> l^^l^^^^ 1 ( ?^ •.i <^ jShIrliTT j ^HL/ m )? M ^^^^^H /?,fc ^Hl-7 /f ^^^ ^^^^^^] ^^ mg^
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