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The Material Culture of the Cook Islands (Aitutaki)

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page 208

Stone was used a good deal in Aitutaki, but beyond their stone implements it was not worked. The genealogy of stone is given as follows:—

A black and white diagram showing the genealogy of stone from Atea and Papa down to Pohatu maori, Pohatu aoa and Pohatu aravai.

Pohatu maori is the dark stone of which there is a good outcrop at Black Rock, near Amuri. It was used for making stone implements. Unworked, it was used for a number of purposes.

Pohatu aoa seems to have been little used.

Pohatu aravai is a particular form of coral rock that was used for graters.