Note 26 — PREFACE. (continued 7)
Reading edition
The Hawaiian swing was a single rope of plaited vine, not the loop swing with which all are familiar. Its name, kowali, is from the running vine koali (Ipomea tuberculata) which furnished a convenient and strong cordage by the braiding together of several strands. The swinging was not done by pushing, but by two persons in opposite directions pulling alternately on ropes affixed to the cross piece seat of the swing. ↑