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Arts and Crafts of the Cook Islands

Figure 267.—Pearl-shell breast ornaments. a, Mangaia (Fuller coll.): outer rim border (1); free ends of coil (2) not seized; horizontal strands of hair braid (3) out side of lashings; lock of human hair (4); for details of similar ornament, see figure 65. b, Tahiti (British Mus., Tahiti case): three shells of different sizes, largest and smallest with edges serrated, largest and middle with strip of outer rim border; attached to human hair coil by cord through two holes pierced through all thre…

Figure 267.—Pearl-shell breast ornaments. a, Mangaia (Fuller coll.): outer rim border (1); free ends of coil (2) not seized; horizontal strands of hair braid (3) out side of lashings; lock of human hair (4); for details of similar ornament, see figure 65. b, Tahiti (British Mus., Tahiti case): three shells of different sizes, largest and smallest with edges serrated, largest and middle with strip of outer rim border; attached to human hair coil by cord through two holes pierced through all three shells; one end of hair coil seized with single coir fiber in five sections to form large open eye (1) and other end seized with coir fiber in one close loop (2), evidently to form plug for insertion into open eye. c, Tahiti (British Mus., Tah. 160): similar to b, with three shells attached to hair coil through two holes with strip of tapa; one end of coil seized in five sections with single coir fiber (as in b, 1) but other end fitted with wooden cylindrical plug (1) with longitudinal hole (2) lashed to coil (3) with fine sennit as shown in figure, d, Marquesas (Peabody Mus., Salem, E. 5,283): large shell cut with upper curved edge, pierced with 16 holes; narrow strip of outer surface (1) left along rim and notched with close transverse lines; hair coil lashed to shell with three courses of fine sennit; ends of coil seized to form eyes (2) for attachment cord. e, Tuamotu (Bishop Mus., C9152): nine pieces of shell of varying sizes attached to human hair coil by a single human hair braid passing through bored holes in shell and wound spirally around coil.

Figure 267.—Pearl-shell breast ornaments. a, Mangaia (Fuller coll.): outer rim border (1); free ends of coil (2) not seized; horizontal strands of hair braid (3) out side of lashings; lock of human hair (4); for details of similar ornament, see figure 65. b, Tahiti (British Mus., Tahiti case): three shells of different sizes, largest and smallest with edges serrated, largest and middle with strip of outer rim border; attached to human hair coil by cord through two holes pierced through all three shells; one end of hair coil seized with single coir fiber in five sections to form large open eye (1) and other end seized with coir fiber in one close loop (2), evidently to form plug for insertion into open eye. c, Tahiti (British Mus., Tah. 160): similar to b, with three shells attached to hair coil through two holes with strip of tapa; one end of coil seized in five sections with single coir fiber (as in b, 1) but other end fitted with wooden cylindrical plug (1) with longitudinal hole (2) lashed to coil (3) with fine sennit as shown in figure, d, Marquesas (Peabody Mus., Salem, E. 5,283): large shell cut with upper curved edge, pierced with 16 holes; narrow strip of outer surface (1) left along rim and notched with close transverse lines; hair coil lashed to shell with three courses of fine sennit; ends of coil seized to form eyes (2) for attachment cord. e, Tuamotu (Bishop Mus., C9152): nine pieces of shell of varying sizes attached to human hair coil by a single human hair braid passing through bored holes in shell and wound spirally around coil.