Arts and Crafts of Hawaii: Death and Burial

Techniques using twine to create funeral baskets. (Commencement of twine / Increasing warps / Changing weft plies / Decorative changes in twine / Cord loops / Rim finish); Basket types (Type I / Type II - Gourd baskets - Bowl baskets - Baskets without containers) / Type III / Type IV; Color decoration / Evolution of twined baskets; Literature Cited.Sir Peter Buck graduated from the University of Otago in 1904 and spend the next 22 years practicing medicine among the Maoris. He served briefly in Parliament, acted as the director of the Bishop Museum in Honolulu, and was a professor of anthropology at Yale University. He was honored by the Academy of the Royal Society of New Zealand and a medal was established in his honor to recognize excellence in the social sciences.