Figure 70.—Breadfruit picker, net attachment:

1, lashing of end braid of net to handle. A piece of braid (2) is tied to the end of one of the arms, passed through a couple of circumferential meshes, drawn taut, and tied to the other arm. The cross braid (2) is called the fau ta'i and is important as it falls on the far side of fruit as the net is brought down over it. It leads (ta'i) the fruit into the net where the stalk is caught in the fork. The picker is then twisted to bring the net underneath. As the stalk snaps the fruit is left in the net.