Ethnology of Manihiki and Rakahanga

Figure 16. House without supporting posts (whare tuku whakararo), end view of framework: 1, principal rafters; 2, principal ridgepole; 3, purlins; 4, thatch rafters; 5, upper ridgepole

Figure 16. House without supporting posts (whare tuku whakararo), end view of framework: 1, principal rafters; 2, principal ridgepole; 3, purlins; 4, thatch rafters; 5, upper ridgepole.

Figure 16. House without supporting posts (whare tuku whakararo), end view of framework: 1, principal rafters; 2, principal ridgepole; 3, purlins; 4, thatch rafters; 5, upper ridgepole.