Plate 4. Coconut Leaf Platters, Receptacles, Eye Shade, and Baskets.

A. Serving platters, pite receptacles, and eye shade. 1, ordinary serving platter (raurau) (C. 3073): simple two-strip commencement, open leaflets, check plait, braid finish; bottom width, 12 inches; top width, 10 inches; depth, 13 inches. 2, fish platter (raurau rava ika) (C. 3064): simple four-strip commencement, open leaflet with pared edges, check plait, braid finish; bottom width, 12 inches; top width, 9 inches; depth, 15 inches; weft width, 0.6 inch or 0.7 inch. 3, modern plate platter (raurau mereki) (C. 3073): simple two-strip commencement, open leaflet, check plait, braid finish produced as two free tails which are tied behind midrib strips; 8 inches by 8 inches. 4, four-cornered receptacle (pite pupu) (C. 3069): simple two-strip commencement, open leaflet, check plait, braid finish; width, 8 inches; depth, 5 inches. 5, pointed receptacle (pite pahua) for Tridacna shellfish (C. 3070): technique similar to pite pupu, but point formed instead of corners; top width, 7.5 inches; depth, 7 inches. 6, eye shade (taumata) (C. 3071): midrib strip carrying six open leaflets, check plait; width, 17 inches; depth, 6 inches.

B. Round baskets, 1, introduced basket (tongini) (C. 3067): open leaflet, check plait, and single looped handle; rim dimensions, 13.5 inches by 10 inches; depth, 8.5 inches; width of wefts, 1.9 inches. 2, local basket (kete) page 235 (C.3066), side view with rim above, showing two braids from bottom finish tucked through plaiting at ends: twisted two-strip commencement, closed leaflet, horizontal twilled ows; rim not quite circular; diameters, 19 inches and 16 inches; depth, 7 inches. 3, local basket (kete) (C.3065), botom view showing concentric narrowing by combining pairs of wefts as single elements: braid finish forms transverse line; rim diameter, 11 inches; greatest diameter below rim, 13.25 inches; depth, 6 inches.