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ECONOMIC LIFE 209
~ Only in Tomman Island does there appear to have beena
variety of canoe smaller than the nimbembew, and possibly a
degenerate form of the latter (see Fig. IO a & b). The hull is
hollowed from a tree trunk, some twenty-one feet long, bluntly
pointed fore and aft, and somewhat clipper bowed. To each
gunwhale is lashed a pole, neso, running from end to end, and
on each side of this, where it touches the hull, are supplementary
laths, presumably to keep the whole water-tight. To these neso
again are fastened four short poles (naai ririvi) lying at right
angles to them and projecting about a foot over the water on
either side of the hull. A number of long bamboos are now
laid, running horizontally across the projecting portions of the
naai Viv-im' so as to fonn two platforms similar to the platforms
on a nimbembew, and like them called nawz/mgk ambu. The four

Fro. 10 (b). Transverse section of the hull.

outrigger booms (niwinei) are then ï¬Åxed in position. They
rest on top of the bamboo platform and are so arranged that one
of the mmi ririvi lies immediately below and parallel to each
one of these booms, which is lashed ï¬Årmly both to it and to the
bamboos (see Fig. Io). The outrigger float (nesem) has much
the same shape as the hull save that it is ï¬Åat on top instead of
being hollowed and is cut so that the prow end is the same as
the stern end. It is apparently carried on the starboard side of
the vessel, and is fastened to the booms by a simple crossed stick
attachment, composed of two pairs of sticks called niwin langu-
Zzmgk. In addition to this the fastening of the boom nearest
the prow is strengthened by a ï¬Åfth stick inserted at an angle in
the near side of the float. As with the nimbembew so too in
managing this canoe, the men paddling probably sit on the
bamboo platforms. The paddle (called nowoh) (see Fig. I06)
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