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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.)

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.)