Arts and Crafts of the Cook Islands
Index
page 530
Index
A
- adzes 135-176, 443-450; inverted triangular 136-151, 444-450; quadrangular 151-157, 443-444; hafts 157-158, 445-450; lashing 158-172, 445, 449-450; shafts 172-175; distribution 176; ceremonial 379-396, 450, 499; modern 446, 493
- Aitutaki 7, 11-12, 14
- amulets, canoe 203, 452
- ancestors 11-13, 411-412, 473
- anchors 202
- angling 235
- animals 15-16
- anklets 125
- anvils, tapa 69
- archaeology 500
- archaic civilization 519-520
- Arii 517-518
- ariki titles 11
- 'Arioi society 505-506
- armlets 124
- arrowroot 17, 248, 250
- art 401-410; carving 401-405, 489; painting 405-407; tattooing 407; plaiting 407, 408; sennit lashings 407, 409; miscellaneous 409-410
- Asaphis violacea 68
- Asplenium nidus 10, 492
- axes, trade 493; peace 395-396
B
- bailers 199-200, 450, 451-452
- baldrics 78
- ball tossing 260
- banana 17, 248
- bark cloth 67-76, 431-432; garments of 64-67, 432-434; implements 68-69; manufacture 70-71, 429-431; dyeing 71-72; paper mulberry 72-73; breadfruit 73-74; banyan 74; decoration 74-76, 431-432
- Barringtonia 10, 216 (see 'utu, 215)
- baskets 50-53, 425, 428, 483; coconut-leaf 21, 50-52, 414; pandanus 52-53, 428, 429
- beads, shell 490
- belts 67, 77, 123
- beverages 17-20; water 17; coconut water 17-18; kava 18-20
- body painting 133
- bonito hooks 242, 453, 454
- bow and arrow 307
- bowls 25-28, 414-417, 514
- breadfruit 17
- breadfruit pickers 21, 414
- breast ornaments 117-123, 438, 439
- bull roarers 262
C
- cannibalism 16
- canoes 176-208, 450-453, 497, 498, 515, 516; outrigger 178-190, 450; sailing 190, 201; double 204-206, 453; miscellaneous 206-207
- canoe decoration 202-203
- canoe parts 178-190; hull 178-179, 452; hull join 179; bow and stern covers 181; stern piece 182-185, 450; outrigger 185-187, 451-453; thwarts 188-189; carrying stringer 188-190
- canoe skids 202
- carrying baskets 21, 414
- carrying poles 21-22, 414, 484
- carved fan handles 58-61
- carving 27-28, 45, 58-62, 401-402, 489
- census 5
- ceremonial adzes 379-396, 468
- chestnut 17
- chiefs 11-13
- chisels 176
- Christianity 15, 496
- climate 6
- climbing bandages 20, 414
- cloaks 67
- clothes containers 79
- clothing 63-79, 429-434, 514-515; bark cloth 64-76; plaited and leaf 76-79
- clubs 276-277, 460, 461, 463
- coconut 17, 248
- coconut cream 414
- coconut graters 24, 414-415, 420
- coconut-shell cups 29, 414
- coir caps 83-100, 435-438, 485, 486
- cooking 22-23
- cooking utensils 23-34
- Coriphilus sp. 81
- craft deterioration 499, 500
- craft survivals 496-499
- craftsmen 480, 515-516
- crayfish 212
- cultivable plants 17, 248, 474-476
- cultural differentiation 410-473
- cultural periods 412-414, 475-519
- cultural processes 473-526; culture 474-477; fission 477-478; stability 478-480; loss 480-482; change 482; substitution 482-484; diffusion 484-488; local development 489-491; interisland spread 491-492; importation 492; adaptation 492-493; invasion 493-496; survivals 496-499; deterioration 499-500; stratification 500-501
- cups 29, 414
- cutting of eaves 40
D
- daggers 307
- darts 251-252, 455, 456
- diffusion 484-488, 501-519 page 531
- digging stick 248, 455
- disc games 252-256, 455-456
- diseases, introduced 8
- dog 15-16
- domestic animals 15-16
- door 41
- drums 270-273, 456-460
- Ducula pacifica 81
- dyes 71-72, 55, 74
- dyeing 71-72, 55, 431;
- frames 74
E
- Ear ornaments 105-109
- earth oven 23, 414
- eels 220-221, 245
- Entada phaseoloides 9, 67
- European voyagers 13-15
- extinct civilization 502-504
- eyeshades 63, 79
F
- famine foods 17
- fans 56-62, 425-428
- feasts 16, 498-499
- feather cloaks (Hawaii) 508
- fire 22-23, 414
- fire plough 22, 414
- first settlers 11-13
- fission 477-478
- fish 208-248; social and religious importance 208; distribution of 209; tapus, omens, and customs 208-210, 243-245; fry 244; fresh-water 244-245; magic 245
- fisherman's god 311-314, 452
- fishhooks 236-243, 453-454; thorns 236, 244; coconut shell 237; Turbo shell 237; turtle shell 237; wooden hooks 238-242
- fishing 208-248, 453-454; technique 210-234; experts 211, 245; groping 212; treading 212; torching 212-213; for octopuses 213-215; poisoning 215-216; spearing 216-217; with weirs 217-218; trapping 218-221; with sweeps 220-222; netting 222-235; torching 232-234; driving 234-235; angling 235-244
- fish nets, see nets
- fish traps, see traps
- flax 77, 431, 483
- flax garments (New Zealand) 508-509
- floor covering 47
- flutes 268, 274
- food 15-34; animal 15-16; fish 16; human 16; plant 9-10, 17, 248; famine 17; utensils 23-34
- food complex 481-482
- fowl 15-16
- fowling 246-247, 454
- Fregata minor 81
- fry 244
- furniture 47-49, 513
G
- gable ends 40
- games 250-262, 455-456, 485, 486
- Gardenia taitensis 10, 105
- gauges 223
- genealogies 12-13, 411, 511
- geography 5-7
- geology 5-7
- girdles 67, 77-78; sacred 78; red feather 477
- god house 362-365
- god titles 11
- gods 310-402, 463-473; images 311-316, 337-344, 379, 463, 465-467; staff 316-330, 350-355, 359-361; slab 331-337, 371-378, 467-468, 471-472; carved wood and feather 345, 346-359, 360, 362-365, 368-378; sennit and feather bundles 345, 348-350, 359-362, 398-401, 464-465; god houses 362-365; shell trumpet 262, 367; symbols 365-367, 464, 469-473; wooden spiked 368-371; ceremonial adzes 379-396, 468; miscellaneous objects 396-401, 464
- gongs 263-268, 456, 460
- gorges 235-236, 244
- gouges 176
- gourd containers 29, 414
- government 15, 496, 497
- grilling 23
H
- hair styles 104
- Haliotis 454
- hats 80, 492, 494
- headdresses 79-103, 434-438; terminology 80; feathers 80-82; head-bands 82-84; coir caps and feather ornamentation 83-102; Austral Island 435-438; masks 102-103, 506
- headrests 513-514
- helmets 83, 85
- Hibiscus tiliaceus 9, 67
- historical reconstruction 473-482
- history 11-15, 411-412
- horticulture 248-250, 455
- houses 34-49, 420-424, 512-513; dwelling 35-36; cook 41; hurricane 41; platform 42; canoe 42; entertainment 43; religious 44, 309, 310; storage 44; meeting 44; carved 45; modern 423; apsidal 512-513
- hunting 246-248; fowl 246-247, 454; rats 247, 454; land crabs 247-248
- husking sticks 20, 414
I
- images 311-316, 337-344, 463, 465-467
- implements, field 20-22, 414-420
- intertribal wars 8
- irrigation 249-250, 455
J
K
L
- Laginaria vulgaris 10, 479
- land crabs 247-248
- land ownership 250
- language 9
- lashing, ornamental 45-47, 421
- leaf sweeps 220-222
- linguistics 9
- local development 489-491
- loin cloths 64, 76, 514-515
M
- magic 245
- manahune 475, 477, 516, 517
- Mangaia 6-7, 12-13
- man-of-war hawk 81
- Manua 520-521
- Manuae 4, 13
- maraes 308-310
- masks 102-103
- mast 200
- mats 53-56, 425; decorative borders 54-56, 426-427, 491; pitching disc 254-255
- Mauke, 7, 12, 14
- Melanesian elements 505, 506
- Melanesians 519, 520
- mesh gauges 223
- Micronesian route 520
- Mitiaro 7, 12, 14
- mourner's costume 506
- musical instruments 263-275, 456-460; autophones 263-268, 456, 460; aerophones 268-269; membranophones 270-273, 456-460
N
- navigation 207-208
- necklaces 109-117, 440
- nets, fish 222-234, 453; manufacture 223-226, 453; long 226-227; short 228-229; scoop 229-234
- net making 223-226, 453, 454
- netted bags 21, 22, 414; for sling stones 303, 304
- netting needles 223, 453
- nooses 306-307
O
- oars 453
- octopus lure 213
- offerings 16; kava 19;
- food 16, 208; human 16, 208
- ornaments 104-125, 438-443, 490; ear 105-109;
- neck 109-117, 440; breast 117-123, 438, 439, 490;
- dress 123-124; arm 124;
- leg 125; staff 125
- outrigger 185-187, 450
- oven 23, 414
- oven covers 483
- Ovula ovum 124, 127
P
- paddles 190-199, 450, 451, 453; poles 199
- paint brushes 74
- painting 74, 431, 405-407
- peace ax 395-396
- people 8, 496
- Phaethon sp. 81
- Phaethon rubricauda 5
- Phormium tenax 77, 431, 483
- pig 15-16, 476
- Piper methysticum 18, 19
- Pipturus velutinus 10, 223
- plaited garments 76
- plaiting 49-63, 79, 254-255, 407, 408, 424-429, 483
- plantain 17, 248
- planting stick 249
- plant list 9-10
- platters 50, 51, 23, 425
- Polynesian voyagers 473-477, 484-485
- ponchos 64-67, 77, 432-434, 515
- population 5
- pounders 29-34, 414, 417-420; distribution 418-419; Tahitian 419-420
- pounding tables 29, 414, 417
R
- Raiatea 521-522
- Rarotonga 5-6, 11, 14-15
- rats 247
- red feathers 469, 471-472;
- girdle of 477
- religion 308-400, 496, 507-508, 518-519
- religious objects, unlocalized 396-401, 464
- Rhopalostylis sapida 483
- ridgepole 39
- ridge sheets 49, 38, 428
- Rori 78-79
- rubbing 74, 431-432
- Ruvettus hooks 238, 239 453
- Ruvettus ruvettus 238
S
- sail 200-201
- sandals 78, 79
- scarification 133
- seats 48-49, 421-423, 513, 514
- secret societies 505
- sennit gods 345, 348-350, 359-360, 464
- sennit lashings 45-47, 407, 409, 421
- shark hooks 239-241, 453
- shell trumpets 268-269, 274, 456, 460
- shuttles 223
- sinkers 227, 239
- skirts 64, 76-77, 514-515
- slab gods 331-337, 371-378, 467-468
- slings 300-305
- sling stone carriers 303, 304 page 533
- social organization 8, 208-210, 496-497
- spears 298-300, 460, 461, 463
- spears, fish 216
- spiked gods 368-371
- staff gods 316-330, 350-355, 359-362
- stamping 74, 431
- staves 125-126, 316-330
- stilts 260
- stone god 365, 379, 464
- strainers 24-25, 414
- string figures 261
- surfboarding 256-257
- sweet potato 17, 248, 249, 476
- symbols 365-367, 464, 469-473
T
- Takutea 5, 14
- Tangaroa 518
- tapa 67-76
- tapa anvils 69
- tapa beaters 68-69, 429-431
- tapus 209-210, 243-244, 253-254, 310
- taro 17, 248, 249
- tattooing 125-132, 407, 443, 489; implements 128, 443; pigments 128, 443; technique 128, 443; experts 129; designs 129-132, 443
- teetotums 259
- temples 308-310
- tenancy 15, 19, 250, 496
- thatch sheets 49, 36, 424
- thatching technique 37-38
- ti 17
- ti-leaf garments 76
- tongs 23, 414
- tops 259
- torch fishing 232-234
- torches 212
- toys 262
- tradition 11-13, 411-412
- traps 246-247, 454; fish 218-221, 453, 454
- tribes 8
- Tridacna 133
- tropic bird 5, 81
- turbans 79, 435
- Turbo petholatus 237
- turmeric 17
- two strata theory 500-519
V
- vi 17
W
- walls 40-41, 50, 424
- wars 8
- water 17
- water bottles 29, 414
- weapons 275-307, 460-463, 490, 510; clubs 276-277, 460, 461-463; spears 298-300, 460, 461, 463; slings 300-305, 461; slip nooses 306-307; bow and arrow 307; adzes 307; daggers 307
- weirs, fish 217-218, 222
- wooden seats 48-49, 421-423
- wreaths 79, 109, 111, 435
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