Arts and Crafts of the Cook Islands
Figure 233.—Spiked god (British Mus., L.M.S., 287), upper section. a, front: 1, upper row of five straight points, one broken; top width 168 mm.; 2, horizontal bar carrying upper and lower row of five curved spikes, some broken, width 155 mm., thickness 97 mm.; 3, second transverse bar connected at sides and middle with upper bar (2) and carrying heads of three spaced figures; heads with shaped brows and nose, eyes and mouth formed by rectangular depressions, heads pointed except middle one; 4,…
Figure 233.—Spiked god (British Mus., L.M.S., 287), upper section. a, front: 1, upper row of five straight points, one broken; top width 168 mm.; 2, horizontal bar carrying upper and lower row of five curved spikes, some broken, width 155 mm., thickness 97 mm.; 3, second transverse bar connected at sides and middle with upper bar (2) and carrying heads of three spaced figures; heads with shaped brows and nose, eyes and mouth formed by rectangular depressions, heads pointed except middle one; 4, bodies with pendent arms poorly defined and straight legs which fuse with bar below; 5, lowest bar which supports figures and also two rows of six divergent curved spikes, width 147 mm., thickness 109 mm.; 6, neck formed by narrowing in from sides; showing turns of sennit braid tied around it, width 76 mm., thickness 54 mm.; 7, pair, of front spikes curved at ends and framing upper part of single figure (8) with similar, head to upper figures. b, back: similar in all respects to front but one of upper figures (3) has head broken off; 6, mass of braid material tied to neck; 7, downward point from curved spike; 8, figure similar to one on front; 9, legs of single figure. c, left side: numbering same as a: bodies of upper row of figures (4) separated by width of bars, lower single figure in profile; length from top spikes to neck 400 mm.