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Ethnology of Tongareva

Figure 27. Mahora-kura marae: 1, pillar set obliquely on left; 2–5, pillars evidently forming one boundary line; 6, 7, pillars forming another line at right angles to previous one; 8, 9, two pillars forming another line; 10, pillar lying on ground; 11, house foundations of flat coral slabs set on edge and 6 inches above ground (left wall of two slabs each 2.5 feet long, gap of 1.5 feet; right wall of two slabs, 3.5 and 2 feet in length, 1 foot gap; back wall of two slabs, 2.5 and 3 feet in leng…

Figure 27. Mahora-kura marae: 1, pillar set obliquely on left; 2–5, pillars evidently forming one boundary line; 6, 7, pillars forming another line at right angles to previous one; 8, 9, two pillars forming another line; 10, pillar lying on ground; 11, house foundations of flat coral slabs set on edge and 6 inches above ground (left wall of two slabs each 2.5 feet long, gap of 1.5 feet; right wall of two slabs, 3.5 and 2 feet in length, 1 foot gap; back wall of two slabs, 2.5 and 3 feet in length, 2 foot gap on right); 12, pillar 2 feet wide by 4 feet high on open side of house foundations. Pillars 1, 2, 3, 6, 7, 9, erect; the others down.

Figure 27. Mahora-kura marae: 1, pillar set obliquely on left; 2–5, pillars evidently forming one boundary line; 6, 7, pillars forming another line at right angles to previous one; 8, 9, two pillars forming another line; 10, pillar lying on ground; 11, house foundations of flat coral slabs set on edge and 6 inches above ground (left wall of two slabs each 2.5 feet long, gap of 1.5 feet; right wall of two slabs, 3.5 and 2 feet in length, 1 foot gap; back wall of two slabs, 2.5 and 3 feet in length, 2 foot gap on right); 12, pillar 2 feet wide by 4 feet high on open side of house foundations. Pillars 1, 2, 3, 6, 7, 9, erect; the others down.