Arts and Crafts of the Cook Islands
Figure 167.—Mangaian shell trumpets (British Mus., a, E.P. 35; b, no number). a, length, 15.75 inches, shows hole (1) side and also a patch (2.) of shell below blowing hole, patch being stuck on with gum, probably breadfruit gum. b, a smaller trumpet: length, 7.1 inches, a hole bored through edge of large aperture and a short length of sennit tied through it
Figure 167.—Mangaian shell trumpets (British Mus., a, E.P. 35; b, no number). a, length, 15.75 inches, shows hole (1) side and also a patch (2.) of shell below blowing hole, patch being stuck on with gum, probably breadfruit gum. b, a smaller trumpet: length, 7.1 inches, a hole bored through edge of large aperture and a short length of sennit tied through it.