Old time Hawaiians and their work . A pattern was marked upon the outside witha piece of hard wood or a stone. After standing in amuddy taro patch for many days, the marked places 46 OLD-TIME HAWAIIANS AND THEIR WORK became black or brown and harmonized beautifully with the rest of the surface, which kept its light-brown color. The gourd was light and durable and had many uses. The bottle gourds with long necks held water at home, while the short-necked ones servedthe same purpose onjourneys or in thecanoe. Sometimesthe neck of a bottlewas filled with loosefibers and. served asa strainer. The
Old time Hawaiians and their work . A pattern was marked upon the outside witha piece of hard wood or a stone. After standing in amuddy taro patch for many days, the marked places 46 OLD-TIME HAWAIIANS AND THEIR WORK became black or brown and harmonized beautifully with the rest of the surface, which kept its light-brown color. The gourd was light and durable and had many uses. The bottle gourds with long necks held water at home, while the short-necked ones servedthe same purpose onjourneys or in thecanoe. Sometimesthe neck of a bottlewas filled with loosefibers and. served asa strainer. The largegourds were used tomake calabashes forholding food, andalso as trunks, andfor drums, rattles,and the like. There are no inelesor chants about thefirst calabash. Per-haps some canoemaker was the firstperson who thoughtof hollowing out a dish. To make a calabash, a blockof wood, carefully chosen and roughly trimmed, wassoaked for months in mud or in a stream of water. Thenthe outside was shaped with a stone adz. It was polished. Gourds and Calabash in Koko Puupuu GOURDE AND CALABASHES 47 first with coral, then with smooth stones, and lastly withdried breadfruit leaves. This gave it a beautiful the core was cut out with a small stone adz,leaving the walls less than an inch thick. Calabashes were made of many varieties of wood andin many shapes and sizes. Some held only a pint, others asmuch as ten gallons. Bowls, or calabashes, held poi, pud-ding, and other food. Finger bowls, used by the uj^j^er
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