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Ethnology of Tongareva
Figure 42. Graves. a, small grave in marae inclosure: 1, 1, sides, 6 feet long; 2, 2, ends, 3 feet wide. b, grave, Te Pukanui marae, of limestone slabs about 6 inches thick, with squared shoulders like marae pillars, and laid on edge with long axes horizontal; sides, 8 feet 8 inches long and 1 foot 5 inches high: 1, 2, right and left sides; 3, foot of grave, closed in by slab 5 feet wide and of same height as sides; 4, head slab, 3 feet 4 inches wide at bottom, 3 feet 10 inches wide at top, and 2 feet 8 inches high. Inclosure is not quite rectangular but is narrowed in toward head. c, grave of limestone slabs near Rakahanga marae: 1, 2, sides 12 feet long and 2 feet 2 inches high; 3, foot overlapping sides and closed by slab 5 feet 1 inch wide and of same height as sides; 4, head slab 4 feet 7 inches wide and same height as sides, does not overlap sides; 5, pillar 4 feet 7 inches high, erected on side of head slab (4), which it overlaps at bottom—pillar narrows to 4 feet at top
Figure 42. Graves. a, small grave in marae inclosure: 1, 1, sides, 6 feet long; 2, 2, ends, 3 feet wide. b, grave, Te Pukanui marae, of limestone slabs about 6 inches thick, with squared shoulders like marae pillars, and laid on edge with long axes horizontal; sides, 8 feet 8 inches long and 1 foot 5 inches high: 1, 2, right and left sides; 3, foot of grave, closed in by slab 5 feet wide and of same height as sides; 4, head slab, 3 feet 4 inches wide at bottom, 3 feet 10 inches wide at top, and 2 feet 8 inches high. Inclosure is not quite rectangular but is narrowed in toward head. c, grave of limestone slabs near Rakahanga marae: 1, 2, sides 12 feet long and 2 feet 2 inches high; 3, foot overlapping sides and closed by slab 5 feet 1 inch wide and of same height as sides; 4, head slab 4 feet 7 inches wide and same height as sides, does not overlap sides; 5, pillar 4 feet 7 inches high, erected on side of head slab (4), which it overlaps at bottom—pillar narrows to 4 feet at top.
