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Ethnology of Tongareva

Figure 28. Mahue marae: 1–9, pillars of back line; 10–16, pillars on left side; 17–22, pillars on right side; 23–27, pillars on front line; 28, two L shaped alignments with transverse limbs of two coral slabs and longitudinal limbs of two slabs on the left and three on the right, set on edge. Pillars 3 and 5 bilaterally flanged; pillar 8 notched. Height of pillars 1–9 ranges from 3 feet to 5 feet 2 inches; bottom width, 1 foot 10 inches to 3 feet 3 inches; top width, 2 feet 2 inches to 3 feet 1…

Figure 28. Mahue marae: 1–9, pillars of back line; 10–16, pillars on left side; 17–22, pillars on right side; 23–27, pillars on front line; 28, two L shaped alignments with transverse limbs of two coral slabs and longitudinal limbs of two slabs on the left and three on the right, set on edge. Pillars 3 and 5 bilaterally flanged; pillar 8 notched. Height of pillars 1–9 ranges from 3 feet to 5 feet 2 inches; bottom width, 1 foot 10 inches to 3 feet 3 inches; top width, 2 feet 2 inches to 3 feet 10 inches. Space between pillars 1–9 ranges from 6 feet 9 inches to 9 feet 4 inches. Back curbed line is 2 feet 2 inches behind pillar line on the left and 3 feet on the right. Pillar 6 shown in figure 21, c; pillar 7, figure 21, d.

Figure 28. Mahue marae: 1–9, pillars of back line; 10–16, pillars on left side; 17–22, pillars on right side; 23–27, pillars on front line; 28, two L shaped alignments with transverse limbs of two coral slabs and longitudinal limbs of two slabs on the left and three on the right, set on edge. Pillars 3 and 5 bilaterally flanged; pillar 8 notched. Height of pillars 1–9 ranges from 3 feet to 5 feet 2 inches; bottom width, 1 foot 10 inches to 3 feet 3 inches; top width, 2 feet 2 inches to 3 feet 10 inches. Space between pillars 1–9 ranges from 6 feet 9 inches to 9 feet 4 inches. Back curbed line is 2 feet 2 inches behind pillar line on the left and 3 feet on the right. Pillar 6 shown in figure 21, c; pillar 7, figure 21, d.