Figure 160.—Aitutaki kites, a, manu teketeke vai'i:1, 2, 3, three hibiscus rods arranged as shown and lashed together at common crossing place; 4, sennit lashed to rod ends to form marginal boundary of kite, bark cloth covered over frame and overlapped over marginal sennit (4); 5, 5, two lengths of sennit lashed to frame and then joined to form tail (6); 7, flying cord attached to frame crossing but if head of kite flew too high, flying cord was advanced to short crossbar (8). b, manu patiki:1, 2, two hibiscus rods crossed; 3, sennit forming margins but not reaching after end of long rod (1); 4, tail; 5, flying cord, c, manu tangi: the framework of three rods (1, 2, 3) and the marginal sennit (4) is exactly the same as in a, as are the two pieces of sennit (5, 5) leading to tail (6) and fixation of flying cord (7); a curved piece of wood (8) is attached to front ends of diagonal rods (1, 2) and a short straight piece (9) is attached to middle junction and middle of curved rod (8). When cloth is applied to frame on curved side of stick (8), a gutter is formed at fore end of frame. A piece of cloth of same size as gutter is attached to free part of sennit (4) in front of curved rod (8) by doubling one end around sennit and sticking overlap with arrowroot paste. When kite is flown, wind passing down gutter makes flap vibrate with a roaring noise.