. Memoirs of the Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum of Polynesian Ethnology and Natural History. Natural history; Ethnology. Piii,.....,.# ICAr converted easil}^ into a lamp b\- boring or chip|)ing a cup; No. 4331 is a^ similar rough fragment, wdiile No. 433<S although of verv rough worknnmship still shows design. In Fig. 62 are sliown two lamps, both from ^l^b,)loka,i, and apparently from ilie same (|uarry. The nmterial is eryslalliiu:', of a coarse texture, and by 110 means common. These lamps show that |}articular hn-nis were not hx'al, b)r in No. 750(1 there is the broad Ija
. Memoirs of the Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum of Polynesian Ethnology and Natural History. Natural history; Ethnology. Piii,.....,.# ICAr converted easil}^ into a lamp b\- boring or chip|)ing a cup; No. 4331 is a^ similar rough fragment, wdiile No. 433<S although of verv rough worknnmship still shows design. In Fig. 62 are sliown two lamps, both from ^l^b,)loka,i, and apparently from ilie same (|uarry. The nmterial is eryslalliiu:', of a coarse texture, and by 110 means common. These lamps show that |}articular hn-nis were not hx'al, b)r in No. 750(1 there is the broad Ijase and high cup so arranged that kukni candles eouhl be phieed against the side (ct)mpare No. 1200, Pb L,), while No. 120:) is the simple obbite spheroid. Both are large and heav_v, evidently not intended to lie often moved. fn several of the Museum specimens there is a |jeeuliarit\' that 1 have not been al)le to explain,—the lamp is invertible; that is, there is a polio or cu|) for oil at either end. Of tlris form are Nos. 1208 and 1190 of PI. I^., and in l)oth the cup is of the same size and condition so that either could Ijc used indifferently; certainly both liave been used, as the <nl burned into the stone testifies. In Pis. IJ. and LII arc shown, lamos [395] ^ - ^ '^^ l-^. 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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