Arts and Crafts of the Cook Islands
Figure 26.—Rakahanga eye shade (Bishop Mus., C3071): a, strip of coconut-leaf midrib bearing seven leaflets (1-7) with commencing check plait; lower leaflets (4, 5) have set width of band. b, band continued by bending in wefts 4, 5 and succeeding pairs as they reach edges; weft 6 marks length of band. c, weft 6 is doubled back to change direction and other wefts treated as shown on left; weft 6 again marks end of plaiting and other six wefts plaited in three-ply braid (8); an extra leaflet (9) …
Figure 26.—Rakahanga eye shade (Bishop Mus., C3071): a, strip of coconut-leaf midrib bearing seven leaflets (1-7) with commencing check plait; lower leaflets (4, 5) have set width of band. b, band continued by bending in wefts 4, 5 and succeeding pairs as they reach edges; weft 6 marks length of band. c, weft 6 is doubled back to change direction and other wefts treated as shown on left; weft 6 again marks end of plaiting and other six wefts plaited in three-ply braid (8); an extra leaflet (9) is tied to first weft near midrib and used with braid tail (8) to tie at back of head. (After Te Rangi Hiroa, 75, fig. 41.)