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Ethnology of Manihiki and Rakahanga

Figure 15. Portable house (whare taka) : 1, lower horizontal beam (hapai); 2, upright supporting post; 3, upper longitudinal beam (hapai); 4, 5, diagonal braces; 6, cross pieces; 7, longitudinal wall plates; 8, end pairs of principal rafters; 9, main ridgepole. (Native terminology as in figure 8.)

Figure 15. Portable house (whare taka) : 1, lower horizontal beam (hapai); 2, upright supporting post; 3, upper longitudinal beam (hapai); 4, 5, diagonal braces; 6, cross pieces; 7, longitudinal wall plates; 8, end pairs of principal rafters; 9, main ridgepole. (Native terminology as in figure 8.)

Figure 15. Portable house (whare taka) : 1, lower horizontal beam (hapai); 2, upright supporting post; 3, upper longitudinal beam (hapai); 4, 5, diagonal braces; 6, cross pieces; 7, longitudinal wall plates; 8, end pairs of principal rafters; 9, main ridgepole. (Native terminology as in figure 8.)