Figure 188.—Cook Islands slings. a, Atiu technique of pouch: 1, sennit, forming margin; 2, coir cords in pairs caught in close rows of two-pair interlocking weft (4); 3, coir cords separated and caught simply in two-pair interlocking weft (5). b, Rarotongan sling (Bishop Mus., C8861): pouch (1) formed of nine lengths of sennit, plaited in check from middle toward either end; length, 145 mm.; middle width, 50 mm.; at ends, braid plaited into round plait (2) 70 mm. and bound with two-ply coir cord (3); sennit lengths cut off except three which are plaited in a three-ply braid (4) to form strings 12 mm. wide and 4 mm. thick; length of strings, 790 mm. and 1,000 mm.; string ends lashed with coir fiber. c, Rarotongan sling (Bishop Mus., C8862); pouch (1) shown in part with 11 lengths of sennit plaited in check: at each end the 11 lengths are gathered together and bound with coir two-ply cord (2) for a distance of 30 to 40 mm.: braids cut off except three which are plaited in three-ply braid (3) to form strings and ends lashed with coir fiber: pouch length, 210 mm. and width, 66 mm.; length of strings, 820 mm. and 975 mm.; strings 12 mm. wide and 5 mm. thick.