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210 MALEKULA
has a long handle, narrow and flattened at the top, to give a better
grasp to the upper hand ; the blade is about two-thirds as long
as the whole handle, with straight shoulders, and sides which
gradually narrow until they meet in a blunt point.

F10. 11. Diagrams illustrating the construction of a. raft.
(It) The rait viewed from above.
(b) Transverse section of the raft.
(0) Diagram showing manner of lashing the raft poles together‘

As we have said, this type of canoe appears to have been
‘ built only in Tornman Island. Elsewhere, until the close of the
_ last century, the people of South-West Malekula were contented
l with rafts (mm/angk ambu) for all occasions save those when the