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Ethnology of Manihiki and Rakahanga

Plate 5. Satchels and Fans

Plate 5. Satchels and Fans.

A. Satchels. 1, coconut leaflet clothes satchel (kete ngahengahe): twilled technique with split leaflets braided together at rim and finished with threeply braid at bottom; ornamented with wrapped splints, tou bast, and pearl-shell pendants; bottom width, 12 inches; rim width, 9 inches; depth, 7.8 inches. 2, two-cornered lauhala satchel (C.3059): wefts, five to the inch; check plati with overlaid geometrical figures in red; serrated rim and single longitudinal handle; width, 10.5 inches; depth, 9.75 inches. 3, fine coconut leaflet satchel (C.3059):two-cornered, twill plait, serrated rim, transverse handle; modern note, insertion of colored ribbons and rosette ornamentation. 4, four-cornered lauhala satchel (C.3041): wefts, seven to the inch; check plait with overlaid geometrical figures; turned, even rim; single transverse handle; width of sides, 9.5 inches; widh of ends, 2 inches; depth, 5–5 inches. 5, four-cornered square lauhala satchel (C.2861), side view: wefts, six and a half to the inch; check plait with overlaid geometrical figures; seized rim; two longitudinal handles; rim, 7 inches square; dept, 5.75 inches. 6, four-cornered square lauhala satchel (C.2861), end view showing overlaid ornamentation of ends as well as sides.

B. Fans. 1, fan (C.3028) of white prepared coconut leaf: Plaite in twilled-twos, finished in check, end fringe of tou bast dyed red; lenght, 2.75 inches; wooden handle, 4.25 inches long, 0.6 inch in diameter, with distal prolongation 6.35 inches long, thinned down to diameter of 0.3 inch proximally and 0.2 inch distally to afford support for white wefts which are doubled around in at their middle and crossed above in check; plaited portion, 6.3 inches long mesially and 6.75 inches long at widest part. 2, back view of fan similar but slightly larger (C.3028): thinned distal prolongation of wooden handle projects beyond end of plaiting; plaiting, twilled-threes and twilled-twos. 3, two-section coconut leaf fan (C.3027):longer upper midrib section, 13.75 inches long with seven pairs of leaflets; shorter under midrib section, 10 inches long with six pairs of leaflet; leaflets crossed in check over front of upper midrib, plaited in twilled-twos on either side of midrib, and finished off at end in check; total lenght, 23 inches; greatest width, 10 inches.