The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1903-09-13

SOME ANCIENT RELICS OF THE AB0RGNEs HAWAIIAN ISLANDS
DR.. LORENZO GORDlN YATES.



Ever since their discovery 1873 the Hawaiian Islands
have been objects OF special interest peculiarly
location inhabitants volcanic wonders and lastly from their
unprecedented advance in the of nations
From being inhabited by pagan savage race they have rapidly passed
through the various phases OF social eud erfdom
under the despodc graduated chehaincy the petty dsoo
mOnarce and pncipaue the absolute, despoic emigou mon
arch the limited monarchy enlightened representative
the United States OF America - f " ~ '' "
No group islands have had history nor been more
prominently brought before world than the Sandwich
Hawaiian Islands Their many
OF AM lated people - ~ anu ~ ~
But the tes have the aboriginal race like those OF our
continent shall be absorbed advanced civilization
until nothing remains their people eagre and mythical
family which originated south
Asia s ~ s " ~
Previous the steamships Hawaiian Islands repre-
send one OF the isolated
from the ancient civilization
from the nearest inhabited land The
an area OF over 5000 miles They extend distance OF about
$50 miles to southea
Hawaii claims the distinction highest of any
islands, and the largest
Lond few countries exhibit
supplied abundance of timber for useful and ornamental The
principal toodpan
The ocoanut
Oa MALAY mbo) oho wild Strawberry gooseberr)
the Akaa Gaspbery)i uxurn
pointed fla
recent opportunity ancient relics OF this people
~ s some years ago by III ban VINO paueed medicine
on the Islands Tor number OF enables me to illustrate and describe
the implements which
interest in relation to their manufacture and
Their cutting tools made OF stone sharks teeth Of bamboo
Axes and AIDES made of hard
mts Mauna Io and aleakala The AIDES OF which Figs
and illustrations handles One
Of these handles represented by Fig s. is inches long ard in
tended for much smaller than illustrations
The collection from which made the illustrations contains number OF
smaller implements the character all them showing evidence
inches The making implements handed down
from father and few individuals only employed in their
BY were
the growing which
polish The also the principal tool used in making
which canoemaking accom-
panied by They followed OF single log and strips OF
the edge closing the and
Erythrn curved
called ko The sails of triangular The Wwii seeds
used for making necklaces
from people and have
different
other but of thousands OF miles made The TACT that
es H9Saseo 10 ana rom inc RVS 'AN0As
line by poisoning by hshrhook
of bone see Fig 81 and OF tortoise SHE'LL the
spearne by A
Cypraea the hee squd Their nets
the bark of Alona oucharda lafoa) and
were in great variety patterns; WlwIi wood
long having dry leaves the HI terminals
braided in them were used to drive the nn INTO '"e ne" s 70
The nuts OF the Kuku or Aeutes baked
an of bamboo the
candles torches Fig 10 represents ancient
so as direction required Stone lamps also
and Ku-Ku fish oil Strings Kuu nuts used
for rches we're called Ipoi-ho-ku-kui
The Hawaians flowers and other
The iiua (sida extensively cultivated for its brilliant yellow
flowers The making s weats for the adorn
applied ornamental
wasus
Their bracelets
figs and
on through
of a apna (he koa strung
ro, The
ku ground them black color were carved
The bark OF the root OF this tree was
force their black
Fig I3l by the chiefs during
nho hook
shaped the tooth OF sperm whale or wrus was su
composed
penis IS bd made OF human hair
feather oa and helmets
of wicker
The cloaks
Kamehameha
The groundwork
- oona native hemp atoGa which the