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Arts and Crafts of the Cook Islands

Figure 242.—Carving motifs and combinations. a, motifs: 1, bar; 2, notched bar; 3, chevron; 4, bar and chevron; 5, K; 6, unnotched K; 7, trimmed bar and chevron. b, combinations on pillars: 1, K; 2, K and bar; 3, K and notched bar; 4, unnotched K and notched bar; 5, paired K's; 6, paired K's repeated. c, combinations on arches: 1, chevron; 2, paired chevrons; 3, bar-chevron and bar; 4, notched bar, chevron, and notched bar; 5, K and bar; 6, paired K's; 7, pair trimmed bar and chevron. When bar …

Figure 242.—Carving motifs and combinations. a, motifs: 1, bar; 2, notched bar; 3, chevron; 4, bar and chevron; 5, K; 6, unnotched K; 7, trimmed bar and chevron. b, combinations on pillars: 1, K; 2, K and bar; 3, K and notched bar; 4, unnotched K and notched bar; 5, paired K's; 6, paired K's repeated. c, combinations on arches: 1, chevron; 2, paired chevrons; 3, bar-chevron and bar; 4, notched bar, chevron, and notched bar; 5, K and bar; 6, paired K's; 7, pair trimmed bar and chevron. When bar and chevron are separated by a space they are treated as two distinct elements but when point of chevron touches bar, they are treated as a compound (bar-chevron). When point of chevron fuses with bar, it becomes a true K. Distinction between the three forms is due to size of two notches between bar and chevron. Mesial line running from middle of any K or chevron is formed by an edge, due to cutting out intervening material in a downward and outward direction on either side of mesial line. In trimmed bar (c,7) triangular form of bar is due to trimming arch into a mesial edge beyond carving pattern.

Figure 242.—Carving motifs and combinations. a, motifs: 1, bar; 2, notched bar; 3, chevron; 4, bar and chevron; 5, K; 6, unnotched K; 7, trimmed bar and chevron. b, combinations on pillars: 1, K; 2, K and bar; 3, K and notched bar; 4, unnotched K and notched bar; 5, paired K's; 6, paired K's repeated. c, combinations on arches: 1, chevron; 2, paired chevrons; 3, bar-chevron and bar; 4, notched bar, chevron, and notched bar; 5, K and bar; 6, paired K's; 7, pair trimmed bar and chevron. When bar and chevron are separated by a space they are treated as two distinct elements but when point of chevron touches bar, they are treated as a compound (bar-chevron). When point of chevron fuses with bar, it becomes a true K. Distinction between the three forms is due to size of two notches between bar and chevron. Mesial line running from middle of any K or chevron is formed by an edge, due to cutting out intervening material in a downward and outward direction on either side of mesial line. In trimmed bar (c,7) triangular form of bar is due to trimming arch into a mesial edge beyond carving pattern.