Construction of a Waga
This canoe has been partly dismembered, in the process of being relashed. It shows the construction of the tibs and the fixtures on the outrigger log. The men were just in the act of fitting in a new gunwale plank (to be seen in the background) which has to fit into the carved prow-boards and into the groove at the top of the hull. (see Div. V.)
Plate XXVIII
Sail Making
Within a couple of hours a number of men perform this enormous task of sewing together small bands of pandanus leaf (see [Div. III] and [next Chap. Div. II]) till they form a sail. Among the workers there is an albino.
Plate XXIX
Rolls of Dried Pandanus Leaf
This is the material of which the sail is made. The bisila (pandanus streamer) is made of a softer variety of pandanus leaf, bleached at a fire.