The Atoll of Funafuti, Ellice group : its zoology, botany, ethnology and general structure based on collections made by Charles Hedley of the Australian Museum, Sydney, N.S.W.
A sort of claw is cut from the hard black shell of the coconut, which is called "tosi," and is used for ripping into fine strips the fibres of the titi dresses. The accompanying figure (fig. 56) represents a specimen, two and a half inches long, from Funafuti.