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Arts and Crafts of the Cook Islands

Figure 212.—Aitutaki image (Hunterian Mus., Glasgow, E.395); total height with support, 16 inches. a, front: head pointed with sharp chin; eyes elliptical, formed by two curved incisions and also upper and lower lids; raised nose, narrow; mouth with upper and lower lips denned; small unpierced ears; square shoulders; slender arms with upper arms (1) free of body and small three-fingered hands; upper serrated edge and lower serrated bar on chest; protruding abdomen with low navel (2); high hips …

Figure 212.—Aitutaki image (Hunterian Mus., Glasgow, E.395); total height with support, 16 inches. a, front: head pointed with sharp chin; eyes elliptical, formed by two curved incisions and also upper and lower lids; raised nose, narrow; mouth with upper and lower lips denned; small unpierced ears; square shoulders; slender arms with upper arms (1) free of body and small three-fingered hands; upper serrated edge and lower serrated bar on chest; protruding abdomen with low navel (2); high hips (3) with slender slightly flexed legs; forward projecting feet partly broken; figure mounted on column (4) which narrows above to form mesial support (5) to body; main column incised with crescent motifs, b, side: with same numbering as a; note backward piojection of gluteal region (6) and vertical row of rectangular knobs on main column.

Figure 212.—Aitutaki image (Hunterian Mus., Glasgow, E.395); total height with support, 16 inches. a, front: head pointed with sharp chin; eyes elliptical, formed by two curved incisions and also upper and lower lids; raised nose, narrow; mouth with upper and lower lips denned; small unpierced ears; square shoulders; slender arms with upper arms (1) free of body and small three-fingered hands; upper serrated edge and lower serrated bar on chest; protruding abdomen with low navel (2); high hips (3) with slender slightly flexed legs; forward projecting feet partly broken; figure mounted on column (4) which narrows above to form mesial support (5) to body; main column incised with crescent motifs, b, side: with same numbering as a; note backward piojection of gluteal region (6) and vertical row of rectangular knobs on main column.