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Arts and Crafts of the Cook Islands

Figure 64.—Lashing technique on pearl-shell ornament: a, hair coil (12) placed against hinge edge of shell; lashing material consists of fine flat sennit 2 mm. wide; lashing commences on left, the sennit being probably fixed around coil with a running noose, but commencement concealed by subsequent turns. Technique consisted of courses of spiral turns which pass through shell holes and around coil. First course (1) commencing on left passes upward toward right in front on the coil, downward tow…

Figure 64.—Lashing technique on pearl-shell ornament: a, hair coil (12) placed against hinge edge of shell; lashing material consists of fine flat sennit 2 mm. wide; lashing commences on left, the sennit being probably fixed around coil with a running noose, but commencement concealed by subsequent turns. Technique consisted of courses of spiral turns which pass through shell holes and around coil. First course (1) commencing on left passes upward toward right in front on the coil, downward toward right on back to enter next hole, and finishes with a turn around coil on right, free of shell, b, second course (2) commencing on right, passes upward toward left in front of coil, crosses first course (1) near top, descends on back to enter holes, and finishes with a turn around coil on left, free of shell. Note that free end of sennit at bottom edge of coil is to left of first course (1). c, commencing on left, third course (3) repeats turns of first course (1) but keeps on left of them. On right, sennit takes another turn around free coil and fourth course (4) repeats turns of second course (2) and keeps on their left, d, four more courses are made, odd numbers (5, 7) working toward right and even numbers (6, 8) working toward left, each course keeping to left of previous course which it follows. At this stage, pattern made by crossings on coil consists of four chevrons, e, ninth course (9) commences on left by crossing turns on back and appearing at lower border of coil on right of previous turns; it then follows turns of first course (1) from left to right but keeps on right, thus crossing turns of courses that worked from right to left. After turning on right edge of shell, tenth course (10) follows second course (2), turns from right to left, but keeps on right side of turns. Change in position of ninth and tenth courses forms right hand boundaries of. a lozenge motif internally enhanced by chevrons. f, from its position on left, sennit makes eleventh (11) course by following turns of ninth course (9) from left to right and keeping on its right. Sennit takes turn around coil on right where it is fixed to complete lashing. g, lozenge motif enlarged, with courses numbered.

Figure 64.—Lashing technique on pearl-shell ornament: a, hair coil (12) placed against hinge edge of shell; lashing material consists of fine flat sennit 2 mm. wide; lashing commences on left, the sennit being probably fixed around coil with a running noose, but commencement concealed by subsequent turns. Technique consisted of courses of spiral turns which pass through shell holes and around coil. First course (1) commencing on left passes upward toward right in front on the coil, downward toward right on back to enter next hole, and finishes with a turn around coil on right, free of shell, b, second course (2) commencing on right, passes upward toward left in front of coil, crosses first course (1) near top, descends on back to enter holes, and finishes with a turn around coil on left, free of shell. Note that free end of sennit at bottom edge of coil is to left of first course (1). c, commencing on left, third course (3) repeats turns of first course (1) but keeps on left of them. On right, sennit takes another turn around free coil and fourth course (4) repeats turns of second course (2) and keeps on their left, d, four more courses are made, odd numbers (5, 7) working toward right and even numbers (6, 8) working toward left, each course keeping to left of previous course which it follows. At this stage, pattern made by crossings on coil consists of four chevrons, e, ninth course (9) commences on left by crossing turns on back and appearing at lower border of coil on right of previous turns; it then follows turns of first course (1) from left to right but keeps on right, thus crossing turns of courses that worked from right to left. After turning on right edge of shell, tenth course (10) follows second course (2), turns from right to left, but keeps on right side of turns. Change in position of ninth and tenth courses forms right hand boundaries of. a lozenge motif internally enhanced by chevrons. f, from its position on left, sennit makes eleventh (11) course by following turns of ninth course (9) from left to right and keeping on its right. Sennit takes turn around coil on right where it is fixed to complete lashing. g, lozenge motif enlarged, with courses numbered.