Ethnology of Tongareva
Figure 3. House framework, a, side view; b, end view: 1, supporting posts of ridgepole (pou); 2, ridgepole (tahuhu); 3, wall posts (pou); 4, wall plates (hapai); 5, principal rafters (oka); 6, upper ridgepole (tamaiti); 7, purlins (torotoro); 8, thatch rafters (rau oka); 9, eaves rod (torotoro hiohio)
Figure 3. House framework, a, side view; b, end view: 1, supporting posts of ridgepole (pou); 2, ridgepole (tahuhu); 3, wall posts (pou); 4, wall plates (hapai); 5, principal rafters (oka); 6, upper ridgepole (tamaiti); 7, purlins (torotoro); 8, thatch rafters (rau oka); 9, eaves rod (torotoro hiohio).