. Memoirs of the Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum of Polynesian Ethnology and Natural History. Natural history; Ethnology. ifirtVidiaii Beds. 125 witli extra slrips of matting at tlie front edg-c, and often extending the Iciigtli of tlic one i-of)ni of the sleeping house. Sonietiiiies tliis hikice was placed <m a slightly raised platform or kahna like an oriental divan, but 1 believe this a eoniparativcl}- nnidcrn innovation. I have never seen siieli a kahna in the rnins of the old honses that are dotted over the gronp. All the family and guests slept togetlier on this long bed whieli often was
. Memoirs of the Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum of Polynesian Ethnology and Natural History. Natural history; Ethnology. ifirtVidiaii Beds. 125 witli extra slrips of matting at tlie front edg-c, and often extending the Iciigtli of tlic one i-of)ni of the sleeping house. Sonietiiiies tliis hikice was placed <m a slightly raised platform or kahna like an oriental divan, but 1 believe this a eoniparativcl}- nnidcrn innovation. I have never seen siieli a kahna in the rnins of the old honses that are dotted over the gronp. All the family and guests slept togetlier on this long bed whieli often was more eajaaeions than tlie famous l)ed of Ware, and not iofrecptentl}' the pet pig of the faniil}' joined the company of Uluiia or Pillows they had, as shown in Fig. lor, woven of smooth pandanns leaves, and stuffed with other leaves, most eonrfortable even for an hhinrpean. As the illustration shows these pillo^vs were sometimes uf ornamental weaving, l)nt the}- eoin» monl}' were plain and of x^arions sizes to suit the owner or nscr. In the earlier houses the expedient sometimes seen in poorer houses of later times of a log or liolster, ex-^ tending the length of the liikiee was no donbt eomnuni. They had also a wooden pillow, as Malo says, l)nt I do not know of an example extant, nor have I ever seen one in^ nse in a luitive honse. A stone pillow was found some time ago at Kilauea, Kanai, a loeality noted for its good stone work, ami this nmy have resembled the wooden one. The stone one is shown iu Fig. 102. It is cciol and not so nneomlortal)le as might be inferred from its uniterial"' The bixly is flat mi the mitside and convex y nu; tor aii-l lo plKduj^rapli bv i]w owiirr. Mr. J. R. Myers. , I 309 I. 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 Berni
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