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Arts and Crafts of the Cook Islands

Figure 203.—Carved slabs, Aitutaki. a, probably breadfruit wood; total length, 457 mm.; greatest width, 62 mm.; greatest thickness, 18 mm.: top section (1) 112 mm. long with irregular side notches and mesial hole: middle section (2) with serrated sides and triangular depressions opposite alternate serrations; mesial raised longitudinal panel divided into serrated transverse bars: lower plain section (3) 34 mm. wide and 14 mm. thick at bottom end. (British Mus., L.M.S. coll., 112). b, brown wood…

Figure 203.—Carved slabs, Aitutaki. a, probably breadfruit wood; total length, 457 mm.; greatest width, 62 mm.; greatest thickness, 18 mm.: top section (1) 112 mm. long with irregular side notches and mesial hole: middle section (2) with serrated sides and triangular depressions opposite alternate serrations; mesial raised longitudinal panel divided into serrated transverse bars: lower plain section (3) 34 mm. wide and 14 mm. thick at bottom end. (British Mus., L.M.S. coll., 112). b, brown wood, 490 mm. long; top width 93 mm.; 24 mm. thick in middle line and 12 mm. at sides: 1, upper carving of three rows of sunken triangles opposite alternate serrations in serrated edge below; 2, two rows of sunken lozenges with holes pierced through two upper, outer lozenges; 3, rest of carving has sunken triangles along side edges with inner sunken triangles opposite alternate serrated points of edge; inner part composed of serrated bands and sunken triangles; 4, lower section plain with thin white tapa wrapped around lower end by two-ply coir cord. (British Mus., L.M.S., 26). c, surface shiny from handling; length 607 mm.; top width 123 mm.; thickness 30 mm.: 1, upper end notched, four projections with chevron-triangle motifs with opposing chevrons below and knobs of uncut wood between, and sunken crescents below. 2, two notched transverse bars. 3, repetition of top pattern (1). 4, rest of carving consists of transverse serrated bars with a median longitudinal panel carved with chevron-triangle motifs in pairs placed sideways. 5, three transverse edges. 6, uncarved lower end, 61 mm. wide at upper end and 32 mm. below, transverse hole, and single side notches, (British Mus., no number), d, back of b, with coir cord ornamented with transverse tufts of coir fiber, 30 mm. long, caught between plies and with lower end doubled around lower edge of slab and covered by thin tapa lashed with bast cord, e, back of c:1, chevron-triangle motifs serrated at base; 2, transverse serrated bars with middle panel of sunken lozenges; 3, crescent motifs; 4, transverse edges. [Catalog states that remains of feathery plumes were formerly attached at lower end.]

Figure 203.—Carved slabs, Aitutaki. a, probably breadfruit wood; total length, 457 mm.; greatest width, 62 mm.; greatest thickness, 18 mm.: top section (1) 112 mm. long with irregular side notches and mesial hole: middle section (2) with serrated sides and triangular depressions opposite alternate serrations; mesial raised longitudinal panel divided into serrated transverse bars: lower plain section (3) 34 mm. wide and 14 mm. thick at bottom end. (British Mus., L.M.S. coll., 112). b, brown wood, 490 mm. long; top width 93 mm.; 24 mm. thick in middle line and 12 mm. at sides: 1, upper carving of three rows of sunken triangles opposite alternate serrations in serrated edge below; 2, two rows of sunken lozenges with holes pierced through two upper, outer lozenges; 3, rest of carving has sunken triangles along side edges with inner sunken triangles opposite alternate serrated points of edge; inner part composed of serrated bands and sunken triangles; 4, lower section plain with thin white tapa wrapped around lower end by two-ply coir cord. (British Mus., L.M.S., 26). c, surface shiny from handling; length 607 mm.; top width 123 mm.; thickness 30 mm.: 1, upper end notched, four projections with chevron-triangle motifs with opposing chevrons below and knobs of uncut wood between, and sunken crescents below. 2, two notched transverse bars. 3, repetition of top pattern (1). 4, rest of carving consists of transverse serrated bars with a median longitudinal panel carved with chevron-triangle motifs in pairs placed sideways. 5, three transverse edges. 6, uncarved lower end, 61 mm. wide at upper end and 32 mm. below, transverse hole, and single side notches, (British Mus., no number), d, back of b, with coir cord ornamented with transverse tufts of coir fiber, 30 mm. long, caught between plies and with lower end doubled around lower edge of slab and covered by thin tapa lashed with bast cord, e, back of c:1, chevron-triangle motifs serrated at base; 2, transverse serrated bars with middle panel of sunken lozenges; 3, crescent motifs; 4, transverse edges. [Catalog states that remains of feathery plumes were formerly attached at lower end.]