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Samoan Material Culture

Figure 239.—Lashing outrigger boom to gunwale, decorative designs:

Figure 239.—Lashing outrigger boom to gunwale, decorative designs:

Figure 239.—Lashing outrigger boom to gunwale, decorative designs:

1, inward projection of gunwale; 2, lower part of gunwale; 3, boom; 4, side piece; 5, inside lashing of side piece and gunwale. a, Section through right gunwale showing position of hole made an inch below the upper edge and passing through below the inner projection (1) of the gunwale. The braid is tied in a running noose (6) around the outer end of the boom. The free end of the braid is passed through the hole and makes a transverse turn (7) around the boom on the inner side of the gunwale. b, The braid is passed back through the hole and makes a transverse turn (8) around the outer end of the boom. The braid is passed in and out through the hole until 4 transverse turns have been made around the boom on either side of the gunwale. c, View from above, showing two sets of trans verse turns (7 and 8) around the boom (3). d, View from above. Diagonal turns (9, 10) are made over the boom between the two sets of transverse turns (7, 8), the braid passing through the hole after each turn and coming up alternately on either side of the boom to form crossing sets to develop the single lozenge pattern. e, Transverse section through boom. When five or more diagonal turns in each direction have fully developed the lozenge design, a few horizontal turns (11) are made around the lashing between the boom (3) and the gunwale (1). f, side view section through gunwale. The characteristic circumferential turns (11) tighten up the lashing and prevent the outer transverse series (8) from working over the end of the boom. The end of the braid is pushed through the clear space between the round boom and the flat gunwale and passed under the oblique and transverse turns around which it fixes the lashing with a couple of half hitches (12). g, Savaii decorative design viewed from above. h, Same Savaii designs seen from the side, also circumferential turns (11). k, View from above. Tau design termed fausanga fa'a'iato (canoe boom lashing) held to be true canoe boom lashing and though used on wall posts it retains the canoe boom name. The figures indicate the order in which the curved loops were made.