. Mémoires de l'Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum d'histoire naturelle et d'Ethnologie polynésiennes. L'histoire naturelle, de l'Ethnologie. mahi()i;e ou un casque. Dans cvcr' da}^- la vie hawaïenne antique confiance pour tliick^ protection de son, vo'liair ^ATsc et c)re pas de liat. Concli-sliell^ Wbcii appelé trompette à bataille, toutefois, les chefs ont enfilé une tête-couvrant les deux oriiaiiieiital et utile. Alors que c'était un iirni.u(l suffisamment épais pour résister à un coup sévère, il est remarquable pour la beauté de la forme, de l'ul ont été vSo graxxrt ses lignes thai auteurs ont comparé à l'casques de la (les Grecs et s'est demandé à la conn

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. Memoirs of the Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum of Polynesian Ethnology and Natural History. Natural history; Ethnology. mahi()i;e or helmets. In cvcr' da}- life tlie ancient Hawaiian trusted to tlie protection of his tliick, vo'ATsc liair and ^c)re no liat. Wbcii tlie concli-sliell trumpet called to battle, however, the chiefs donned a head-covering both oriiaiiieiital and useful. While it was iirni a.u(l thick enough to resist a severe blow, it was remarkable for beauty of form, vSo graxxrt'ul were its lines thai writers have likened it to the helmets of the (Greeks and wondered at the connexion, . Did the Hawaiians borrow the form from the vSpaniards <n- other iMiropeans? To this we must answer ilecidedly no. Neither vSpaniards nor other iMiropeans wore Cireek helmets at the time hen intercourse would have been possible; nor r< it pro!)able that any of these voya^gers knew ;invthing about (}reck lielmcts. It would be more reasonable to look in the opposite direc- ti sju, to New Guinea, where the forms of head- '.?overing varied greatly it is true, l)ut often pre- S'/uted a form far more analagons to the Ha- waiian mahit)le than anything we find on (jreek iiiedals, eoius or sculptures. Figure 31 will -•how the conneAion. It came fnmi the nortli- ••.:vn coast of New Ireland | B. M 1664 |, a region where nniny Polynesian colonics are found. 1 )r. voii Lusclian has figured another from the -?anie local it}' in his interesting essay on the influence of foreign art on African production's.'^ indeed caps with crests arc common en(Uigh all over the world, but the old Hawaiian had anotlicr excuse for tlie form of his head covering. It was a enstoni to cut the hair close at the sides of the head leaving a ridge of stiff, erect hair, like a mane on the to|) of the scalp, and this niauc-likc ridge was called niiiliiole, the same name that was given tu a helmet. Originally this personal decoration was a nuirk of rank, but like all such exclusive tokens was in c

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