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Arts and Crafts of the Cook Islands

Figure 18.—Inaere sennit design: a, technique establishes lozenges as in figure 17, d, the braid shown as 1; a puna rua follows as shown by 2; third braid (3) followed below by carrying out complete sequence of turns taken in 1 and 2; a fourth (4) and fifth (5) sequence follow below and so fill in lozenges, margins of lozenges formed by last sequence (5) being crossed by those descending from left (5′). b, in a wider rafter, the first sequence (1) establishes lozenges which are too large to fil…

Figure 18.—Inaere sennit design: a, technique establishes lozenges as in figure 17, d, the braid shown as 1; a puna rua follows as shown by 2; third braid (3) followed below by carrying out complete sequence of turns taken in 1 and 2; a fourth (4) and fifth (5) sequence follow below and so fill in lozenges, margins of lozenges formed by last sequence (5) being crossed by those descending from left (5′). b, in a wider rafter, the first sequence (1) establishes lozenges which are too large to fill in artistically, so a second sequence (2) shown by dotted lines is established to bisect spaces between spiral turns of first sequence, thus dividing each of the large lozenges into four smaller ones; the two sequences establish the lozenges to be filled in. c, smaller lozenges set up in b by two sequences are filled in technique used in a; in forming design, braid at each end takes a half-turn transversely around rafter to get into correct position to commence reverse course. Lozenges are usually longer horizontally than vertically. Those of design in Oneroa church are 1.4 inches wide and 0.8 inch deep.

Figure 18.—Inaere sennit design: a, technique establishes lozenges as in figure 17, d, the braid shown as 1; a puna rua follows as shown by 2; third braid (3) followed below by carrying out complete sequence of turns taken in 1 and 2; a fourth (4) and fifth (5) sequence follow below and so fill in lozenges, margins of lozenges formed by last sequence (5) being crossed by those descending from left (5′). b, in a wider rafter, the first sequence (1) establishes lozenges which are too large to fill in artistically, so a second sequence (2) shown by dotted lines is established to bisect spaces between spiral turns of first sequence, thus dividing each of the large lozenges into four smaller ones; the two sequences establish the lozenges to be filled in. c, smaller lozenges set up in b by two sequences are filled in technique used in a; in forming design, braid at each end takes a half-turn transversely around rafter to get into correct position to commence reverse course. Lozenges are usually longer horizontally than vertically. Those of design in Oneroa church are 1.4 inches wide and 0.8 inch deep.