. Memoirs of the Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum of Polynesian Ethnology and Natural History. Natural history; Ethnology. .34 Mat and Basket Jf^rai'ittp splittiiii^: tli^ alternate l()nt4-iuic]iiial strips into llircc. In size tlicse pillows xnry eoii- sideraVtlv, as ]!i:i\- l}c seen in tlic follc)\viiii>'' table: ^"- ^"?'" A .small cul)ical jiillow made in the simple pandainis ''-I3 •.'nx5--5x,| ivea\'e ser\-ed for a hall in tlie games of nian\' of the Paeitie ,, islanders, and specimens from the Hawaiian, Gilljert and " Caroline Islands are in the J>isliop !\Iusctin
. Memoirs of the Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum of Polynesian Ethnology and Natural History. Natural history; Ethnology. .34 Mat and Basket Jf^rai'ittp splittiiii^: tli^ alternate l()nt4-iuic]iiial strips into llircc. In size tlicse pillows xnry eoii- sideraVtlv, as ]!i:i\- l}c seen in tlic follc)\viiii>'' table: ^"- ^"?'" A .small cul)ical jiillow made in the simple pandainis ''-I3 •.'nx5--5x,| ivea\'e ser\-ed for a hall in tlie games of nian\' of the Paeitie ,, islanders, and specimens from the Hawaiian, Gilljert and " Caroline Islands are in the J>isliop !\Iusctini. These were too n light to be thrown to any considerable distance. Dcserip- tions of the games {)layed with these enl)ic "l)alls" ninst hQ " reser\'cd for the cliapler on ^iicicui iLosiiiian >]^>. '' ,.sX6V,. PandailllS Baskets. The method jjnrsned in jnmping from mat to basket rnwv soom a,rbilrary, but, a,s tJiose who take the pains to read through the present ae- coiint ol Polvnesian basketry will see, there is no convenient partition between basket and mat; a liasket is a folded up mat, or a nia,t is a basket opened out, especially in the forms most (-onnnoii in the Pacific. As 1 have grouped the iirodnxas around the material ra,lher tluin around the technical process that has been emploved, I shall de- stwibc mats or Ixiskets as these seem naturally to be in the line of succession. Among the liawaiians hala, baskets were ver\' common, and in most ea,ses very ", as niav be seen in the illnstrations (Figs, 45-46). That they were found useful their cnntiuued manufadure to the present day testifies, and personal use of them con- \inces nie that Ihgv are light and dnnible. In all cases figured the bottom w^^as a scpiare nmt continued vertical!)' to a, round aperture without change of diameter in. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearan
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