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Title: Ethnology of Tongareva

Author: Te Rangi Hiroa (Sir Peter Henry Buck)

Publication details: Bernice P. Bishop Museum, April 1932

Part of: Tidal Pools: Digitized Texts from Oceania for Samoan and Pacific Studies

This text is the subject of: Victoria University of Wellington Library Catalogue

License: Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 New Zealand Licence

Ethnology of Tongareva

Figure 8. Front and side views of back support (tokotua), slab of wood with sides curving out at bottom and lower edge: 1, curved projections that give wide support; 2, horizontal ridge on back; 3, prop to keep rest at desired angle

Figure 8. Front and side views of back support (tokotua), slab of wood with sides curving out at bottom and lower edge: 1, curved projections that give wide support; 2, horizontal ridge on back; 3, prop to keep rest at desired angle.

Figure 8. Front and side views of back support (tokotua), slab of wood with sides curving out at bottom and lower edge: 1, curved projections that give wide support; 2, horizontal ridge on back; 3, prop to keep rest at desired angle.