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Arts and Crafts of the Cook Islands

Figure 201.—Double figure staff god (British Mus., 1910-6-9-1). a, full figure, front view: 1, two top figures; 2, wide part with lateral rows of small figures; 3, staff, 4, lower small figures; 5, phallic terminal, b, upper part, front: two full-face figures (1, 1) with typical eyes and mouth, flexed arms and three-fingered hands resting on abdomen; body and flexed legs; lateral rows of small figures (2, 2) with tops of heads and ears showing, six in each set; middle expanded part (3) with a r…

Figure 201.—Double figure staff god (British Mus., 1910-6-9-1). a, full figure, front view: 1, two top figures; 2, wide part with lateral rows of small figures; 3, staff, 4, lower small figures; 5, phallic terminal, b, upper part, front: two full-face figures (1, 1) with typical eyes and mouth, flexed arms and three-fingered hands resting on abdomen; body and flexed legs; lateral rows of small figures (2, 2) with tops of heads and ears showing, six in each set; middle expanded part (3) with a row of five perforated triangles on either side of middle line occupied by three profile heads (4) of which vertex and two ears show; expanded part narrows into staff (5). c, side view: upper figure (1) with typical ear and jaw line, no nose, flexed arms and legs; full-face small figures (2) with large ears, less elaborate eyes and mouth, flexed arms resting on abdomen, and two distinct lower limbs; one of figures (3) broken, others of same type, d, back: upper figures (1, 1) showing projecting ears, straight edge (2) between shoulders, perforations (3) separating upper arms from body; expanded portion (4) showing triangular perforations; lower ends of legs (6) showing, e, lower series of profile figures in two pairs facing away, with typical profile heads, flexed arm elements, and acutely flexed lower limbs; straight cut down on back of each figure; staff thinned down and two slender connections between last pair of figures; last figure (1) has three-fingered hand (2); phallic terminal (3).

Figure 201.—Double figure staff god (British Mus., 1910-6-9-1). a, full figure, front view: 1, two top figures; 2, wide part with lateral rows of small figures; 3, staff, 4, lower small figures; 5, phallic terminal, b, upper part, front: two full-face figures (1, 1) with typical eyes and mouth, flexed arms and three-fingered hands resting on abdomen; body and flexed legs; lateral rows of small figures (2, 2) with tops of heads and ears showing, six in each set; middle expanded part (3) with a row of five perforated triangles on either side of middle line occupied by three profile heads (4) of which vertex and two ears show; expanded part narrows into staff (5). c, side view: upper figure (1) with typical ear and jaw line, no nose, flexed arms and legs; full-face small figures (2) with large ears, less elaborate eyes and mouth, flexed arms resting on abdomen, and two distinct lower limbs; one of figures (3) broken, others of same type, d, back: upper figures (1, 1) showing projecting ears, straight edge (2) between shoulders, perforations (3) separating upper arms from body; expanded portion (4) showing triangular perforations; lower ends of legs (6) showing, e, lower series of profile figures in two pairs facing away, with typical profile heads, flexed arm elements, and acutely flexed lower limbs; straight cut down on back of each figure; staff thinned down and two slender connections between last pair of figures; last figure (1) has three-fingered hand (2); phallic terminal (3).