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Arts and Crafts of the Cook Islands

Figure 236.—Composite cord with shell and coral ornaments. a, composite cord (1) of number of lengths of sennit tied around neck (2) of spike god and projects out from back; sennit lengths kept together by close seizing for 76 mm., when three broken ends (3) issue from beneath seizing which is 30 mm. thick; seizing continues for 57 mm., when three more short ends (4) were freed, two of them amalgamated to form one cord, thickness of seizing at 4 diminished to 23 mm.; seizing below 4 lessened in…

Figure 236.—Composite cord with shell and coral ornaments. a, composite cord (1) of number of lengths of sennit tied around neck (2) of spike god and projects out from back; sennit lengths kept together by close seizing for 76 mm., when three broken ends (3) issue from beneath seizing which is 30 mm. thick; seizing continues for 57 mm., when three more short ends (4) were freed, two of them amalgamated to form one cord, thickness of seizing at 4 diminished to 23 mm.; seizing below 4 lessened in thickness to 20 mm. and 68 mm. farther on, six cords liberated, two single and two pairs formed by dividing two thicker cords, one (5) which is short, tied around a shell (6); main cord (7) continues for 370 mm., upper part seized with braid 4 mm. wide and lower part with cord 2 mm. wide, end finished off in loops (8) 300 mm. long; other cords or braids support shells (9) which were tied to cords by a separate transverse lashing while others support pieces of coral (10); some of cords supporting heavy shells snapped off and ends retied; six tufts of hair with seized eyelet holes, five frizzy (11) and one straight (12) were tied to various parts with what appeared to be trade string. b, straight terminal of some cords, seized with feather holders of a doubled coir fiber (1) with spiral tie (2) of single coir fiber in position, but feather dropped out. c, looped terminal of some cords with feather holders as in b. d, some feather holders of single coir fiber (1) with spiral tie (2) in position, whereas others (3) tie and feathers have disappeared. e, spiral tie of single fiber showing buried commencement end (1) with spiral turns (2) and finishing end (3) twisted over last turn and pushed down under it.

Figure 236.—Composite cord with shell and coral ornaments. a, composite cord (1) of number of lengths of sennit tied around neck (2) of spike god and projects out from back; sennit lengths kept together by close seizing for 76 mm., when three broken ends (3) issue from beneath seizing which is 30 mm. thick; seizing continues for 57 mm., when three more short ends (4) were freed, two of them amalgamated to form one cord, thickness of seizing at 4 diminished to 23 mm.; seizing below 4 lessened in thickness to 20 mm. and 68 mm. farther on, six cords liberated, two single and two pairs formed by dividing two thicker cords, one (5) which is short, tied around a shell (6); main cord (7) continues for 370 mm., upper part seized with braid 4 mm. wide and lower part with cord 2 mm. wide, end finished off in loops (8) 300 mm. long; other cords or braids support shells (9) which were tied to cords by a separate transverse lashing while others support pieces of coral (10); some of cords supporting heavy shells snapped off and ends retied; six tufts of hair with seized eyelet holes, five frizzy (11) and one straight (12) were tied to various parts with what appeared to be trade string. b, straight terminal of some cords, seized with feather holders of a doubled coir fiber (1) with spiral tie (2) of single coir fiber in position, but feather dropped out. c, looped terminal of some cords with feather holders as in b. d, some feather holders of single coir fiber (1) with spiral tie (2) in position, whereas others (3) tie and feathers have disappeared. e, spiral tie of single fiber showing buried commencement end (1) with spiral turns (2) and finishing end (3) twisted over last turn and pushed down under it.