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Arts and Crafts of the Cook Islands

Figure 208.—Carved slabs with human motifs: a, height 26 inches; width 3.25 inches; greatest thickness 1.75 inches; slab with sunken notches (1) along side edges with crescents (2) on inner side of alternate teeth and triangles (3) on inner side of crescents; raised serrated bars (4) spaced down middle line; lower end with three transverse slits (5) and then plain; few turns of cord (6) evidently for fastening a coir ornament which has been lost; head (7) with straight brows, narrow nose, and e…

Figure 208.—Carved slabs with human motifs: a, height 26 inches; width 3.25 inches; greatest thickness 1.75 inches; slab with sunken notches (1) along side edges with crescents (2) on inner side of alternate teeth and triangles (3) on inner side of crescents; raised serrated bars (4) spaced down middle line; lower end with three transverse slits (5) and then plain; few turns of cord (6) evidently for fastening a coir ornament which has been lost; head (7) with straight brows, narrow nose, and eyes and mouth formed by elliptical pits. (Oldman coll., 430.) b, two large human figures at top of slab have curved lines over forehead, slanting flat busts, and evidently slender arms; a small, human figure in middle line below them; slab has serrated edges with sunken triangles opposite alternate teeth (1, 2) and serrated side edges with similar relationship of sunken triangles (3); a middle raised panel has been cut into transverse serrated bars (4) and above, there is a mesial pierced lozenge (5); lower part (6) evidently corresponds to a staff covered with some form of decoration. (After Ellis, 25, vol. 2, frontispiece 2.)

Figure 208.—Carved slabs with human motifs: a, height 26 inches; width 3.25 inches; greatest thickness 1.75 inches; slab with sunken notches (1) along side edges with crescents (2) on inner side of alternate teeth and triangles (3) on inner side of crescents; raised serrated bars (4) spaced down middle line; lower end with three transverse slits (5) and then plain; few turns of cord (6) evidently for fastening a coir ornament which has been lost; head (7) with straight brows, narrow nose, and eyes and mouth formed by elliptical pits. (Oldman coll., 430.) b, two large human figures at top of slab have curved lines over forehead, slanting flat busts, and evidently slender arms; a small, human figure in middle line below them; slab has serrated edges with sunken triangles opposite alternate teeth (1, 2) and serrated side edges with similar relationship of sunken triangles (3); a middle raised panel has been cut into transverse serrated bars (4) and above, there is a mesial pierced lozenge (5); lower part (6) evidently corresponds to a staff covered with some form of decoration. (After Ellis, 25, vol. 2, frontispiece 2.)