Arts and Crafts of the Cook Islands
Figure 53.—Straight cord carrier: long thin coir cords with tufts of narrow black fathers (5) lashed with usual transverse turns (6) to ends; cords (4) doubled (1) around an attachment cord (2) so that feather heads are all together; the eight cords are seized (3) for some part of their course as shown; in figure, five holders are shown but other three must be imagined, as they are concealed at back; some feather heads include single tropic bird feathers (7)
Figure 53.—Straight cord carrier: long thin coir cords with tufts of narrow black fathers (5) lashed with usual transverse turns (6) to ends; cords (4) doubled (1) around an attachment cord (2) so that feather heads are all together; the eight cords are seized (3) for some part of their course as shown; in figure, five holders are shown but other three must be imagined, as they are concealed at back; some feather heads include single tropic bird feathers (7).