Ethnology of Manihiki and Rakahanga

Figure 72. Wooden netting needle (hika) 11.2 inches long and 0.3 inch to 0.35 inch thick throughout: 1, ends, greatest width, 1 inch; 2, middle, width, 0.4 inch; 3, eye, 1.1 inches long, greatest width, 0.4 inch; 4, open end slit of eye

Figure 72. Wooden netting needle (hika) 11.2 inches long and 0.3 inch to 0.35 inch thick throughout: 1, ends, greatest width, 1 inch; 2, middle, width, 0.4 inch; 3, eye, 1.1 inches long, greatest width, 0.4 inch; 4, open end slit of eye.

Figure 72. Wooden netting needle (hika) 11.2 inches long and 0.3 inch to 0.35 inch thick throughout: 1, ends, greatest width, 1 inch; 2, middle, width, 0.4 inch; 3, eye, 1.1 inches long, greatest width, 0.4 inch; 4, open end slit of eye.