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Arts and Crafts of the Cook Islands

Figure 67.—Ornamental body cord from Mangaia (British Mus.). a, looped end: elements in looped end are loop of well-plaited sennit (1), 8 mm. wide and 5 mm. thick, loop of sennit closely wrapped with human hair (2), and a single length of hair-wrapped braid (3) with its end (4) neatly seized with fine sennit. Seized elements are three lengths of sennit, each 4 mm. wide, laid together in triangular form and seized closely with black hair twisted into a tight roll about 2 mm. thick. Seizing exten…

Figure 67.—Ornamental body cord from Mangaia (British Mus.). a, looped end: elements in looped end are loop of well-plaited sennit (1), 8 mm. wide and 5 mm. thick, loop of sennit closely wrapped with human hair (2), and a single length of hair-wrapped braid (3) with its end (4) neatly seized with fine sennit. Seized elements are three lengths of sennit, each 4 mm. wide, laid together in triangular form and seized closely with black hair twisted into a tight roll about 2 mm. thick. Seizing extends throughout length of triple braids making them about 8 mm. in diameter. About 78 mm. from end of loops, the five elements are lashed together (5) with fine sennit from below upward, and braid is passed under some loose upper turns which are drawn taut. Another lashing is made a little lower down in same way. Four spaced lashings are made in a length of 125 mm. Lashing sennit is 2 mm. to 2.5 mm. in width, and composite cord of fine elements is 19 mm. by 16 mm. thick. At a distance of 5,620 mm. from looped end, one end of doubled sennit (1) appears and is seized with fine sennit. Composite cord for four elements, three hair covered and one uncovered, continues for another 1,450 mm. Near end, four elements are lashed five times with fine sennit, as at commencement end. Single ends of uncovered and of hair-wrapped elements are seized with fine sennit which passes over from uncovered sennit to take eight turns around hair-covered loop, where it is fixed, b, figure on label, showing that turns were over both shoulders and around the waist.

Figure 67.—Ornamental body cord from Mangaia (British Mus.). a, looped end: elements in looped end are loop of well-plaited sennit (1), 8 mm. wide and 5 mm. thick, loop of sennit closely wrapped with human hair (2), and a single length of hair-wrapped braid (3) with its end (4) neatly seized with fine sennit. Seized elements are three lengths of sennit, each 4 mm. wide, laid together in triangular form and seized closely with black hair twisted into a tight roll about 2 mm. thick. Seizing extends throughout length of triple braids making them about 8 mm. in diameter. About 78 mm. from end of loops, the five elements are lashed together (5) with fine sennit from below upward, and braid is passed under some loose upper turns which are drawn taut. Another lashing is made a little lower down in same way. Four spaced lashings are made in a length of 125 mm. Lashing sennit is 2 mm. to 2.5 mm. in width, and composite cord of fine elements is 19 mm. by 16 mm. thick. At a distance of 5,620 mm. from looped end, one end of doubled sennit (1) appears and is seized with fine sennit. Composite cord for four elements, three hair covered and one uncovered, continues for another 1,450 mm. Near end, four elements are lashed five times with fine sennit, as at commencement end. Single ends of uncovered and of hair-wrapped elements are seized with fine sennit which passes over from uncovered sennit to take eight turns around hair-covered loop, where it is fixed, b, figure on label, showing that turns were over both shoulders and around the waist.