. Memoirs of the Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum of Polynesian Ethnology and Natural History. Natural history; Ethnology. 3-5 E 9207 4-7 E 3 E 9208 4-5 B 3-8 B 9209 A 137 K 9210 5 B 4-5 H 9211 E 2-5 57 E 9212 13-3 E 44 9213 13-3 K B 9214 5 E 5-2 H 9215 Fig. 149. 5-8 B 9216 6 A 4-2 B 9530 Plate XXXVIII. 8 B I3-I A 10,081 Hemisplierical. 4-3 K 10,083 9 16 - B 182 The Ancient Hawaiian House. 9193 9194 9^95 9196 9197 9198 9199 Fig. 149. 9200 9201 9202 9203 9204 9205 9206 Go
. Memoirs of the Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum of Polynesian Ethnology and Natural History. Natural history; Ethnology. 3-5 E 9207 4-7 E 3 E 9208 4-5 B 3-8 B 9209 A 137 K 9210 5 B 4-5 H 9211 E 2-5 57 E 9212 13-3 E 44 9213 13-3 K B 9214 5 E 5-2 H 9215 Fig. 149. 5-8 B 9216 6 A 4-2 B 9530 Plate XXXVIII. 8 B I3-I A 10,081 Hemisplierical. 4-3 K 10,083 9 16 - B 182 The Ancient Hawaiian House. 9193 9194 9^95 9196 9197 9198 9199 Fig. 149. 9200 9201 9202 9203 9204 9205 9206 Goblet sliape. 5 7-5 Fillgef Bowls: IpU Holoi I/ima.—^An article of elegance doubtless confined to the Hawaiian aristocracy,—tlie Alii, were the finger bowls so comfortable to the guest at a meal of greasy dog or pig, where fingers were the only forks, and not less where the food was sticky poi. It was usual after eating the meat to dip the fingers into the poi umeke and finish with the ipu holoi lima. In many cases the hands were also washed before meals, but this was not the case with the common people, who were, according to the missionaries who first had to suffer from their filth, dirty in FIG. 169. the extreme. These bowls were of most varied forms as may be seen by Fig. 170 and Plate XXX, but may be divided into two general classes: one where the bowl has a single compartment for water; the other where the struAure is more complicated and pro- vides not only for w^ter but also for leaves to serve as napkins. Of the latter class, the more uncommon one, are the three bowls in the lower half of the figure. The one at the left has one compartment for water, one for the unused leaves, and another to receive the used leaves; the one on the right has two places for water and two for leaves, while the one in the middle has one bowl for each. All three are each carved from a single piece of wood and are well finished as befits royal use. Many examples of the other and more popu
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