The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1885-05-29
Rare and Unique Display of
Hawaiian CuriOs.
Description of Exhibits at Kauma
kapili Church Fair,
Under the Auspices OF Their Males.
sizes the King and queen, to open
al O'Clock p. IN. To-day.

The fair in aid of the building fund Of the
Kaumakapili Church, that comes off to-day
in the main auditorium of that fine edifce
on Beretania street, presents many novel and
| interesting features. 1t is essentially Ha-
waiian, and almost all the articles displayed
are of Hawaiian manufacture. His Majesty
the King, with whom originated the idea Of
this fair, conceived the happy thought of
| having on exhibition and for sale as many of
the implements, tools and articles used in
olden times by the Hawaiians in fishing,
war, play, and in all the domestic concerns
| of their lives, as could be gathered together
on this occasion.
/ To this end the Committee of Arrange
ments solicited donations of all articles of
interest as exemplifying ancient Hawaiian
| life and customs. The responses made have
been generous. and there will be shown to-
day at the church many very interesting
articles.
| THE APPEARANCE OF THE ROOM
Az one enters is quite artistic and pleasing.
Those who had it in charge to decorate the
large hall have done 80 in good taste. One
of the principal objects that attracts the
attention of the visitor upon entering the
room is q life-size bust of His Majesty, mod
elled in cement by Mr.. John Bowler, and
presented by him to the fair management.
The bust is coIored in imitation of life and
is really good piece of artistic work. 1t
stands on platform, and on each side is
displayed, in front, one of the ancient en-
blems of royalty, the puloulou, or sacred
staff surmOunted by ball, being the same
as are borne by the heraldic supporters in
the Hawaiian coat of arms. Behind these at
each corner of the platform is a handsome
kahili.
On the wall behind the platform are ar
ranged three of the huge shells of the
tradachne, in each of winch is placed one of
THE OLD FISH GODS,
Whose names are Kanemakua, Kuula and
Kaheo. Above and below these are mallets
used in making KAPPA, or bark cloth, arranged
as star trophies. The floor of the room is
occupied by tables on which are arranged a
large number of articles, most of which are
new to tho larger number of visitors. There
are models of huts made of the long grass
called pill Others are made of the tough,
slender leaves of the lauhala pdndGnuS
odOrissima) and others of the banana. The
edges of these little huts are trimmed with
a thatch made from the pull fern (CibO-
tam G hamnliSSOD.
Near these are large number of mallets.
of various designs, with which the barks
used in making the kappa, or native cloth,
are pounded after being macerated. Then
come slips of bamboo cut into patterns with
which the cloth is imprinted in various de-
signs. Models are also shown of the heavy
smooth logs on which the kappa is pounded,
and the fat boards on which the bark is
laid to enable the workman to scrape off the
green outer bark. The scrapers themselves,
made Of the tough bone on the turtles back
and of plates of pearl shell, are exhibited,
and the bark of different kinds used in the
manufacture of cloth, fish lines and nets,
and cordage in different stages of prepare
ton, are near at hand.
THE COLLECTION OF IMPLEMENTS USED N
FISHING
Is very complete and interesting. There is
the pohoa, heavy club-shaped piece Of
black wood, which, being smeared with the
juice of the cocoanut, is let down into the
water to attract the fish, which are then
caught in net.
4 quantity of smooth sticks are to be
seen, the use of which it would puzzle one
to determine. They are shaped like the
Australian boomerang, being bent at right
angle at about their center. Upon inquiry
q native gives us a practical illustration o.
the use TO which the sticks are put: ht
scratches his back with one of them The
one he uses is made of sandalwood, and the
tfragrant odor enhances the pleasure de
3 rived from the use of the stick.
STONE IMPLEMENTS, ETC.
, A large number of stone AIDES are ON ex
hibition. They are of all sizes, from those
ten inches in length to the delicate tool
hardly more than an inch long. Thes'
relics Of the "stone age" on these islands
are generally nicely finished, and make Very
nice paper weights, etc. So do the stones
called naulu maika, which were used il
the games of the people. They are round
fat discs about two and q half inches il
, diameter, and the game in which they were
used consisted in seeing who could roll one
the farthest along SONS smooth plain. They
are made Of all kinds of lava and are very
I as SpcCAulcuS VI VIC NAAOASA
lavas, as we'll as relics Of the olden times.
THE POI FOUNDERS
On exhibition are curious. Those used by
the men in pounding the food prepared fro n
the Auy'un escuEentuna, which is quite tong
and adhesive, are pear-shaped, and will
weigh about seven pounds each. Considera
BILE muscular force is needed to WELD one Of
these tools for hour two at time
and so this work was rarely done by women
They were expected to prepare the food
made from the bread-fruit and sweet potato
The Founders they used in doing so are much
lighter than those used by the men, and are
made with fatiron-ike handle. In using
them the boiled vegetable was not so much
pounded as kneaded, as a baker would
knesd dough.
CPU-KUKUIS, OR STONE LAMPS
Are also in the collection. They are Of
simple shape, being merely block of lava
followed cut to receive the cocoanut oil that