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Samoan Material Culture

Figure 2.—Cross section and side view of canoe shed at Tufutafoe, Savaii:

Figure 2.—Cross section and side view of canoe shed at Tufutafoe, Savaii:

Figure 2.—Cross section and side view of canoe shed at Tufutafoe, Savaii:

a, front; b, side: 1, side posts (pou lalo) 2 feet 6 inches high, in 2 lines 10 feet apart; 2, wall plates extending the length of the shed; 3, curved rafters (iviivi) arranged in pairs spaced 4.5 to 5 feet apart—the crossed upper ends lashed together in a middle line about 10 feet above ground, the lower ends sunk into the ground and lashed to the wall plates; 4, principal ridgepole ('au'au) lashed to the crossed rafters on the under side; 5, upper ridge pole ('au'au lunga); 6, purlins (fatafata-a-fale) stout poles equally spaced, the lowest just above the wall plate; 7, thatch rafters ('aso) 16 inches apart, crossed under the upper ridgepole and extended slightly below the lowest purlin; 8, thatch of plaited coconut leaves; 9, ridge sheets of coconut leaves; 10, ridge sheet pin.