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Arts and Crafts of the Cook Islands

Figure 161.—Mangaian kites (after Gill, with tail of a shortened). a, 'ua moa (fowl's egg), egg shaped: 1, median rod of miro;2,2, crossbars of reed (kaka'o); 3, elliptical hoop of hibiscus; 4, 4, bunches of feathers at beginning and end of tail; 5, four spaced bunches of yellow ti leaves, representing constellation of "Twins and their parents" (Pirierua ma), b, perue, winged kite: frame as shown, with proximal and distal bunches of feathers (4, 4) and three intervening bunches of ti leaves rep…

Figure 161.—Mangaian kites (after Gill, with tail of a shortened). a, 'ua moa (fowl's egg), egg shaped: 1, median rod of miro;2,2, crossbars of reed (kaka'o); 3, elliptical hoop of hibiscus; 4, 4, bunches of feathers at beginning and end of tail; 5, four spaced bunches of yellow ti leaves, representing constellation of "Twins and their parents" (Pirierua ma), b, perue, winged kite: frame as shown, with proximal and distal bunches of feathers (4, 4) and three intervening bunches of ti leaves representing the three bright stars in Orion's Belt (Tautoru). c, taiaro, club shaped: with lozenge-shaped frame, proximal and distal feather bunches (4, 4) and six intervening bunches of ti leaves representing the six stars in the Pleiades (Matariki).

Figure 161.—Mangaian kites (after Gill, with tail of a shortened). a, 'ua moa (fowl's egg), egg shaped: 1, median rod of miro;2,2, crossbars of reed (kaka'o); 3, elliptical hoop of hibiscus; 4, 4, bunches of feathers at beginning and end of tail; 5, four spaced bunches of yellow ti leaves, representing constellation of "Twins and their parents" (Pirierua ma), b, perue, winged kite: frame as shown, with proximal and distal bunches of feathers (4, 4) and three intervening bunches of ti leaves representing the three bright stars in Orion's Belt (Tautoru). c, taiaro, club shaped: with lozenge-shaped frame, proximal and distal feather bunches (4, 4) and six intervening bunches of ti leaves representing the six stars in the Pleiades (Matariki).