. Memoirs of the Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum of Polynesian Ethnology and Natural History. Natural history; Ethnology. l\mh Csnf ill Nriii/it:. \]u Tlic tt)t)ls used were, die iiicsli stifk or i?:(Uige ( l^'ii,>:. ii i hikI llie sliiiltle ( Fii»;. \o2 ), made of wluile ivory and ril), liiiniaii and (jiiadrupcd Ixviu-, lori-tisi' shell, \(l or baiidjii. The li^ciugc, iialitj, is «a .sliort, thin, ilaJ inipleiiiciil of x^arx-iiij^ wiilths. hi dcscrih^^^ iiig a net, the native put liis liiipjcrs into the niii/cd ur mesh, mitl if the first fiiigcr filled iieetied, I hen ifie iiiesh w^as mak
. Memoirs of the Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum of Polynesian Ethnology and Natural History. Natural history; Ethnology. l\mh Csnf ill Nriii/it:. \]u Tlic tt)t)ls used were, die iiicsli stifk or i?:(Uige ( l^'ii,>:. ii i hikI llie sliiiltle ( Fii»;. \o2 ), made of wluile ivory and ril), liiiniaii and (jiiadrupcd Ixviu-, lori-tisi' shell, \(l or baiidjii. The li^ciugc, iialitj, is «a .sliort, thin, ilaJ inipleiiiciil of x^arx-iiij^ wiilths. hi dcscrih^^^ iiig a net, the native put liis liiipjcrs into the niii/cd ur mesh, mitl if the first fiiigcr filled iieetied, I hen ifie iiiesh w^as mako/,{, ele. For .^ises 1h> Uweii, the \vi*rds ()i^tn- (ir cui M-ere aikU^d tti the name of ihi^ smaller mesh. The tollowaiie; wi^'iter h\' a iKilisa- lishi'r^iiuui, Willi the si/es a])prnxiiiialefl : Xae, '4 ill. Xaknimk iiaiila, ?: in. ^hikaln," I ill. ^M aha hi mau;, i ' .. in. Maliia, 2 in. i\Ialiia oa, :»' 1 in. Makolii, 3 in. .\hikolii oa, 3 ' .. in. Malm, ,} in. Xhihae, ] in. aaul njiwards. MaJewa, 7 in. and nnwards. I hi- shnilie, ///;/, IS lonm ill Iwo disiinct sha|)es. 'llr more hii4kd\" esti-emei,! was ill lurm, world widi- in adojitlion. ^;.:;! ?mnposed of a shaft wilh an '•'"'• "•?'^ Hin-T'^ ^,^^^^ .^^ ^^^.j^^.p ^.jjjI^ pp^. (aitin-i'(;x' of which was ent away to admit the eord. The shank of this is round in cross seelion and diminislies the middka making a morv cffedtix'e tool than thai with the llaiti-ned or t>a-ooved shank, iirr the native implement a evlindrieal eorikl pa^ss more eord ihrongli a given mesh. The nalives \\i ways xvYx earefiil when Idling their slmttles, passing the eord straight up and down along the then winding on one side crossing the cord and repeaiJng on the other, to aJtam the evlindrieal hnin. The other form, ki,H\ hetler known as a^ net mender, i^ a mriiHl r^liek of w-ood ahout (me4hird of an inch in diameter and six inelies Ion "CoiUnirtioii lur iiiaka.
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