Ethnology of Tokelau Islands

Thatching Needle

Thatching Needle

A needle (fig. 25, b) made of kanava wood with round shaft and hooked point is used for picking up the sennit lashing in binding thatch to the rafters of a roof. It is thrust through the leaf thatch, hooked over the sennit braid, and withdrawn, leading the braid through the perforated thatch.