. Memoirs of the Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum of Polynesian Ethnology and Natural History. Natural history; Ethnology. Shir/iis //>//;/ Soh>,i! Ishiu^h. Iii^iires, bill ilic inside has a co\-eriiig^ of hviYAiX ( ill.) k'a\-es of the pamlaiiiis. The flecnratioiis are \xM*y remarkable, ecuisisliii^ti- of t\veiit\-4:liree shell rings "s ill. ill (liariieter in Iwo Iraiisx-ersc haiids, and 3577 siiiallrr shell rings ot- rieads disjioscd in baaids a,iid [leiidaiils. The iiiaJii Ijarids are wholh- of while shell, wdiile the pendants are white, red {Spin{vii(s s/\ /) and bhiek, the hatt
. Memoirs of the Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum of Polynesian Ethnology and Natural History. Natural history; Ethnology. Shir/iis //>//;/ Soh>,i! Ishiu^h. Iii^iires, bill ilic inside has a co\-eriiig^ of hviYAiX ( ill.) k'a\-es of the pamlaiiiis. The flecnratioiis are \xM*y remarkable, ecuisisliii^ti- of t\veiit\-4:liree shell rings "s ill. ill (liariieter in Iwo Iraiisx-ersc haiids, and 3577 siiiallrr shell rings ot- rieads disjioscd in baaids a,iid [leiidaiils. The iiiaJii Ijarids are wholh- of while shell, wdiile the pendants are white, red {Spin{vii(s s/\ /) and bhiek, the hatter of some \-egetable matter at tirst Lhoiigdit to be eoeoinit shell, hnt later, some marine growth. The bands are sewed witli, aaul the of the peiid- aaits strung on line I'ord or eoarse thread made of tw(>^ph- hi hi sens fibre. The tassels of the pendants .are tipped with pcaiorated, elongated, pointed, blaek seeds with a liibim extending a,lmosl the entire length. ?iIosl eon^ spienoiis over all extends a erneib»rni fignre t'umposed of fifteen rosettes of red, bhu'k and \'ello\v featliers. This eross seems ijnrel}' geonietrieal and not an iiitretdncftion of some missionary, b)r at the time this was obtaiiual no mis- sionar)- ha,(l landed on these sluinss sinee Menchifia raised the enjss and took p(»ssession for Spain, and we road thai tlie erosses he ereAed were at onee (lestr(>\i:'d l)y the nali\^es. Wdieii it is eonsidered that thi; se\xnii] thousand shell rings had tf) bi' bori'd with a rnde pump drill, then strung in rinnd(ei\s on a tongli midiab and robed bet\\x;en stones until ronnd, ii ^ull readily be axlmitlcd thai the great \silue the islanders attaeh to sueli a shield is jnslihed. Two othor rattan. 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. Hono
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