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The Material Culture of the Cook Islands (Aitutaki)

4.—Boundary Stones, Kena

4.—Boundary Stones, Kena.

Pohatu maori were used as boundary stones between different districts or tapere. They were termed kena. Such page 211a one is that dividing the three districts of Vaipae, Arutanga, and Matatane. It helped to settle a land dispute, because its authenticity was proved by its being mentioned in a pehe. This particular one had a name, Te Tahuhu-o-te-rangi. Boundary stones were also used to mark divisions between individual cultivations. They were also used in the water, such as the one named Raka to divide the lines for races leading to the fish weirs near Arani.