The Material Culture of the Cook Islands (Aitutaki)
Toboggan, Tūpāhŏrŏhŏrŏ
Toboggan, Tūpāhŏrŏhŏrŏ.
Children amused themselves by sliding down a convenient hill-side seated on the mid-rib of a cocoanut leaf, haniu, with the butt end held between the hands. Aitutaki page 325did not lend itself to the development of special toboggans. This simple toboggan resembles the simpler form used by the Maori, when children coasted down grassy slopes on the leafy head of the Cordyline australis.