. Memoirs of the Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum of Polynesian Ethnology and Natural History. Natural history; Ethnology. PJiS'ILIi'S, are the beaters sliowii in l^'ig. 22; botli are of very dark greenstone and sniootbh^ fin- islied. Tlie first, No. 1513, is a paoi or pestle to eriisb fern nxit, a process for wliieli wooden pestles are more eomnionl}- nsed, and the other, No. 131, eoines to the Bishop Mnsenni labelled ''Hand Clnf)", l)itt it eeriainly eonld ha\T? been used as a pestle, while its short- ness ( in.) won Id be ineonveiiient foi" a clnb. Pestles.—(')n the Ha^ waiian (i-r
. Memoirs of the Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum of Polynesian Ethnology and Natural History. Natural history; Ethnology. PJiS'ILIi'S, are the beaters sliowii in l^'ig. 22; botli are of very dark greenstone and sniootbh^ fin- islied. Tlie first, No. 1513, is a paoi or pestle to eriisb fern nxit, a process for wliieli wooden pestles are more eomnionl}- nsed, and the other, No. 131, eoines to the Bishop Mnsenni labelled ''Hand Clnf)", l)itt it eeriainly eonld ha\T? been used as a pestle, while its short- ness ( in.) won Id be ineonveiiient foi" a clnb. Pestles.—(')n the Ha^ waiian (i-ronp there was no corn to be gronod so tliat we find neither the roller and me I air of tlie ]\iexiean nor the h,)ng pestle of the .''Xnierintl; nor did the Ha,waiian gidnd the fern root which he nsiiall^- liaked, bnt he had the not of the jUhi^ nlcs inolitffdiia or hnkni ami the kannini Calof^/ivi- lli ni niophvlliiw to crnsh both for food and for the oil. Here also, nnlike the eiistoni of the southern islands, the awa {l^ipcr ni(iliYstinnii) wa,s g'ronnd, not ehewed. The giiiid- iiig" of liait h)r fishes was always done with wooden pestles which will come properly under insheries. As a general thing the Hawaiian pestle had no knul) at the Inindle end, but some of good workmanship, shown in Plates XIJI., have definite l')osses. In some cases the kiic)b is replaced h\ depressions on opposite sides of the stem as nniy be seen in No. 71)91) of Fig. 23. Tlie rudest form, which 1 believe to l)e \xn-\- ancient, is shown in No. 4483 of the same figure; it is sinipl\' a ernivenient pebble worn b^- nse, and 1 ha\-e. 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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