The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1893-03-14
IN LONDON.
A Visit 70 the Hawaiian Collee-
.fa- IL the EthnoErzpkfeSl
Gallery of the British
AESSau.

Apart nom the bl>hop museum 81
the kzmshsmshS Schools, one Of the
| finest Snd mos; vslusble collection:
| OF carries rslSiins 10 the Pscife isl
srdS Is thSt within the SSlls Of the
EthnoSrzphiesl Gallery q the Brit.
ISL Museum The Ethnogrsphicsl
| GSlls-y. which occupies the eastern
side Of the upper hoor Of the British
Mussa0, eontSins collections OF diff
te-ent srtielss ron vzIious pSrts Of
the globe. These Srs divided into
i've gro1ps, VIZ. Asis, Asistic isl
Sr6s, Oeasnis. AfricS Snd Americs-
During recent visit to London. the
writer spent some hours st the mu-
scum in Inspecting the group clsSsi-
| Ted under the hsSd Of OcsSniS- The
eolleciion fron the blSeS rscss Of
/ tie Pscihe, AuStrShs sni Melsnesis
Sre GrSnged on the west side Of the
I szllsry. whilst those from the brown
races Of Polynesis snd Micronesia
sre On the opposite side The arti-
clss belonging 70 the HswSiisn Isl
s1iS srs contained II TWO large wsn
cases There Srs SlSo TWO smsller
csSsS. standing II the middle Of the
non Separate catalogues have
been 1Ss1ed by the British Museum
authorities giving details IS 10
crest portion Of the different cOllec
tionS Of antiquities. etc, II thst i'm
Ca-sa building, but IS yet no list
hSs been published Of the mSny srIi-
cisS inclCisi II the ethnosrsphieSl
section, and the only mention which
the Hawaiian exhibit receives Is
TWO sri 3 hslf lines Of print IN the
otScisl guide
L few random notes therefore in
reference 70 the Hawaiian eurios IN
the British Museum. nsy prove in
ts-estirg 70 those who tske sn inter
est II sud nick nsckets, more
especially Hawaiian ones
Taking the objects IS they come,
the first IS i1e carved wooden Idol.
taken Fom 8 hsisu 81 ksilus- and
presented by John Adsms, Governor
Of HsEsii, TO Messrs- Tyerusn &
Bennett deputies from the London
Missionary Society, who visited
these isIsnis in 1872 Next IS 8
curious double tobacco pipe, or
rather two pipes Joined together by
means OF S small mirror. Il evidently |
dates from The beginning OF this |
century, soon sftsr the natives hsd /
acquired s liking for the fragrant |
weed Our attention Is then drawn /
10 s good specimen Of the sunah or
IRE suck. with accompanying sulims
OF rubbing stick, used II olden times
N the operation Of hishis or obtsin-
ing fire by the rubbing together Of
two sticks. The kind Of wood used
for the sunsh Is said to have been
usually piece Of olones- This was
brought from Hawaii by the Rev.
Wn- Ellis, one OF the pioneer mis-
sionsries- The shove, together With
3 few mare articles on New. such as
5 couple OF stone ipu kukui. red |
feather bzsket-work god. lei palsos
and an he pahee or uos hooholobolo I
used II the game Of pahee, were
loaned 70 the British Museum from
the London Missionary Societys
collection
Passing or 5e arrive e. 6 number
Of uinisture lei PALACES, IN one IN
stance four OF these being strung on
1re cord One OF them Is stained
black 9 somewhat unusual color.
There are also g number q small
figures cut out OF whales teeth and
fashioned into the shape OF Turtles.
These ornaments were WON as
inger rings. being tied OF with q
piece Of cocosnut fibre. OF lei pa
.zoss proper there are seven, one
1eing especially noticeable from the
human hair braid by
which It Is suspended
IS regards kspas, there are some
IL the rsreE and earlier patterns: but |
hey are not displayed to advantage
and they certainly do not compare
With the fine assortment al the
Bishop Museum One kappa OF red
Tello6 and black pattern has q ticket
ID il stating that it was WON by
Lih0liho. who died IN London in
1874 There Is also fair set Of kappa
:tsnps. q che kspals- and hoshos,
s k1ku IkEps mallets). aud kus. OF
pounding boards
Ii must be admitted, however, that
I Is IN the splendid collection of
leather leis. cloaks, capes and hell
nets that the British Museum excels
III other institutions OF e similar
nature throughout the world. As is
veil known these we're taken away
run the islands by Cook Vancouver
md other earlier nsTigstors-Vsn-
,o1ver more especially. Several of
he helmets and closEs- and even the
eis. msy be said to Be unique, and
iarpess even those found IN the
Bishop or Berlin Museums, or the
-oyzl collections at Honolulu. To
7zrtic1lsrize, there are no less than
Eenty-eight feather leis. most Of
hese having been obtained by Van
,ouvE on his visits to the islands
letEeen 1872 3. The eolors OF the
SIS bang IS follows: Nine sH red,
II red and yellow. eight red, black
nd yellow, three black with little
=ell0E, and one black with z little l