Figure 285.—Bonito hook lashing, tying the snood (ta'a) and the lashing thread (alaala loloa).

The lashing thread (5), about 6 feet long, is drawn through the inner hole (3) to within 6 inches of its end and tied with a reef knot (6). The snood (7), made of three-ply twisted fau songa, is also passed through the inner hole (3) and tied in the first part (9) of a reef knot (1 noatanga), leaving a short free end (8) that reaches to above the hole (10) through the head of the shank. The short piece of the snood is stretched beside the long part and fixed by pushing its end (11) through under one of the plies of the main snood (7) by raising the ply with a pointed stick.