Figure 253.—Tapa covered cord bundle with feather cap (British Mus., L.M.S., 576). a, cylindrical body (1) of thick two-ply coir cord folded in lengths of 375 mm., covered with white tapa; near upper end (2), sets of 4 red feathers from wings or tail of parakeet bound together with single coir fiber and kept in position with spiral turns of oronga two-ply thread, feathers with tips downward and lowest layer about 130 mm. from upper end; at top end, small red and yellow feathers set close together; cap of feathers (3) used as cover over upper end of cylinder and kept in position by tapa collar (4). b, upper cap (a, 3) formed of thin white tapa foundation covered with fine net of oronga with closely set small red feathers tied to net meshes and stitched also to tapa foundation; cap folded over upper end of cylinder and tied to cylinder by transverse turns (5) of fine oronga cord about 1 mm. thick. c, collar (4) formed of folded tapa to about 5 mm. wide, with alternate rows of small red and yellow feathers fixed to outer surface of collar by two-ply oronga thread in continuous spiral turns; collar fitted over cord lashing (b, 5).