Musical Instruments.
a. Drum (pa'u). A trunck of tamanu, tou, kuru, puka, or utu was hollowed out from both ends, leaving a wooden partition in the lower half. It was covered with shark-skin and beaten with the bare hands. The exterior was decorated by carving and painting.
b-c-d. Slit-gongs are beaten with a stick (d). Through a slit in a trimmed flat upper surface the interior was hollowed out. In former days the exterior was carved and painted.
The Rarotongan term is pate. c. is typical of Mangaia, and called: ka'ara. This drawing represents the Rarotongan style. d. is termed tokere in Aitutaki.