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unpaired leg is longer and is stepped half way between the cabin 

 and the prow. The details of this tabernacle in reference to the 

 other parts of the cabin framework will be seen by reference to 

 figure 21. In the better class of these boats, this tabernacle affords 

 considerable scope for the strong artistic feeling displayed by the 

 people of Galela. Figure 22 depicts one of the most elaborately 



Fig. 22. — Tabernacle of a Galela boat and carved upper surface of the cross-bar. 



carved of these mast supports. The cross-bar in this was most 

 carefully carved in high relief, the motif, a coiled snake swallowing 

 a dog or some other small animal. The uprights were actually 

 more elaborately carved than is depicted, as time did not permit 

 all the detail to be copied. 



To carry the yard of the sail at the mast head, a Y-shaped peg 

 is inserted into the top end of one of the paired legs. This one is 

 left a few inches longer at the top than its partner (Fig. 21). In 



