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PLATES 41 42 42 45 45 46 46 47 47 48 48 49 52 53 53 54 54 Frontispiece 6 23 29 33 35 36 38 41 Anuta at dawn Government ship, M. V. Belama Canoes prepare to meet the surf en route to open sea Pu Tokerau, holding Kaurave war club Vaka pai manu, rigged with sail Tovi, rigged with lantern holder Canoe prepared for launching Main hull being roughed out in bush Plank being tested for fit on lower hull Mud in canoe bailer, to be mixed with water and painted onto gunwale to test fit of plank Carpenter lashing plank to lower hull Completed canoe Stern ornament and deck carved from a single piece of wood Ornament, deck, and main hull carved from separate pieces First attempt to fit foredeck to main hull Guidelines for further shaving estimated and drawn Deck measured for fit Proper fit Deck lashed to hull Drilling hole to secure stern nopoa Attaching splash-rail to gunwale Close-up of splash-rail attached to gunwale Bow of vaka pai manu, showing finished 'bird' Stern of vaka pai manu, showing 'bird' in construction Carving barbs along center ridge of foredeck and prow Rough barb design is refined with knife Plate 1. Plate 2. Plate 3. Plate 4. Plate 5. Plate 6. Plate 7. Plate 8. Plate 9. Plate 10. Plate 11. Plate 12. plate 13. Plate 14. Plate 15. Plate 16. Plate 17. Plate 18. Plate 19. Plate 20. Plate 21. Plate 22. Plate 23. Plate 24. Plate 25. Plate 26. x PLATES Plate 27. Short temporary thwarts attached to gunwales to help canoe retain proper shape 55 Plate 28. Lower hull smoothed with coral abrader 55 Plate 29. Calophyllum poles measured for length and correct placement 56 Plate 30. 'Pins' lashed to kiato 57 Plate 31. Lashing and attachment of float, pins, and outrigger boom 58 Plate 32. Bamboo poles lashed across outrigger booms 59 Plate 33. Pandanus sail and rigging on model canoe 60 Plate 34. Mast base set in sennit ring 61 Plate 35. Bow attachment (pakamatapiri) and forestay 61 Plate 36. Pu Nukumanaia 65 Plate 37. Double sail propped against cliff face to dry in sun 68 Plate 38. Sailors raising mast and preparing rigging for sail 69 Plate 39. Erect mast and rigging in place 70 Plate 40. Attachment of sail to boom and mast to outrigger boom 71 Plate 41. Pakamatapiri 'bow shackle' lashed to canoe 71 Plate 42. Alternate system for attaching forestay to pakamatapiri 72 Plate 43. Attachment of outboard stay to sailing boom 72 Plate 44. Attachment of sail to boom 73 Plate 45. Attachment of yard and sail to mast 74 Plate 46. Sail unfurled 76 Plate 47. Unfurled sail and attachment of yard and boom to mast 77 Plate 48. Steering paddle and paddling paddle 79 Plate 49. Underside of canoe bailer 80 Plate 50. 'Algae' set on plank and ready to be rubbed onto canoe hull as preservative 81 Plate 51. First stage in covering canoe for storage 83 Plate 52. Sago thatch lashed to sides, coconut fronds laid across the top 83 Plate 53. Pora mat wrapped around bow 84 Plate 54. Sago thatch and coconut fronds covered with a layer of pora mats 84 Plate 55. Bow covered with a tube of plaited coconut leaf 85 Plate 56. Completed storage process 85 Plate 57. Canoe on reef in high tide 88 Plate 58. Robert Pakapu showing off model "European ship" 121 Plate 59. Nomleas Poepakara sailing toy canoe in tidal pool 121 Plate 60. Water-damaged photograph of canoes at sea en route to Patutaka 136 Plate 61. Puinga's crew, under sail, en route to Patutaka 136 Plate 62. Patutaka photographed from canoe 141 Plate 63. Rotoaamaka, the landing site on Patutaka 142 ...

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