Handbook to the ethnographical collections . Fig. 144.—War-gods of rcil foatlior-work. Hawaiian Islands. were single and double, and both prow and stern were elevated:sometimes a stern-post would be 15 or 18 feet high and orna-mented with carved figures of gods. Each canoe had a particularname. War-canoes had a platform near the centre for some50 fighting men, and were about 60 feet long, while sacred canoescarried small houses containing the image of the god, whereprayers and sacrifices were offered: ))oth war and sacred canoeswere decorated with streamers of coloured tupa and sm
Handbook to the ethnographical collections . Fig. 144.—War-gods of rcil foatlior-work. Hawaiian Islands. were single and double, and both prow and stern were elevated:sometimes a stern-post would be 15 or 18 feet high and orna-mented with carved figures of gods. Each canoe had a particularname. War-canoes had a platform near the centre for some50 fighting men, and were about 60 feet long, while sacred canoescarried small houses containing the image of the god, whereprayers and sacrifices were offered: ))oth war and sacred canoeswere decorated with streamers of coloured tupa and small coasting-canoes were dug-outs, to tlie upper edges ofwhich a gunwale was .sewn with stout sinnet cord. If the canot*was single, an outrigger {ama) consisting usually of a light sparof hibiscus, was fixed to (lie l^tt side, l»y means of two horizontal M 3 164 OCEANIA poles, from five to eight feet long, secured by sinnet. Some-times a plank was fixed across the canoe at right angles to itsaxis, from the upper bar of the outrigger to a
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