. Memoirs of the Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum of Polynesian Ethnology and Natural History. Natural history; Ethnology. Tlicre were tlicii ten posts-that liad special names in evcrv lionse: two poiiliaiia, ftnir pou- kilii and four knkniia; tlic last were not enl on the top as the others were. All the olJier posts were alike and designated simpl\.- jmhi. The oa or raftci-s ec]uale(l in nviniher the front and 1)aek posts, an,d the lower ends were ent all alike into a heel and fork, the latter ealled koJiv as it was to fit the uh- of the post (See Fig-. 78). They were put in phice resting on tlie
. Memoirs of the Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum of Polynesian Ethnology and Natural History. Natural history; Ethnology. Tlicre were tlicii ten posts-that liad special names in evcrv lionse: two poiiliaiia, ftnir pou- kilii and four knkniia; tlic last were not enl on the top as the others were. All the olJier posts were alike and designated simpl\.- jmhi. The oa or raftci-s ec]uale(l in nviniher the front and 1)aek posts, an,d the lower ends were ent all alike into a heel and fork, the latter ealled koJiv as it was to fit the uh- of the post (See Fig-. 78). They were put in phice resting on tlie phile and post with the npper enil rest- ing on the ridge-pole, and marked where they shonld he ent off ;d)o\-e the ridge-|)ole. They were then taken down and the npper ends ent ill pairs as shown in h'ig. 77. I have a 1 reach- spoken of the importanee of the reqnisilion that the two posts and two rafters forming a scries shonld be of the same kind of wctod. 1 fancy that in the poorer lunises, which mnst. 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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