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The horizontal bottom beam is called the paetara (lower beam with 

 points). It carries the wooden teeth, or tara, which are about 6 in. long. 

 They are lashed to the under-surface of the beam with fine aim or with 

 fibre of the Phormium tenax, and then a thicker piece of aka is woven in 

 and out in figure-of-eight turns to finish off. The number of teeth are 

 usually about two dozen. The two halves of the paetara are joined on 

 a slant, and aka or fibre lashings passed through holes drilled on either 

 side. The overlap in the paetara I saw in use was 17 in., and its total 

 length 44 in. 



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The bend at the sides is called the kauae (jaw). Besides bending 

 upwards, the kauae bends forwards and is continued on into the upper 

 limb, or peke. The two peke do not come close together in the middle 

 line, but are separated by a gap of from 1 in. to l^in. This point is 

 about 10 in. above the bottom beam. These ends of the peke have holes 

 through them for lashing purposes. From the front, the plane of the 

 kauae and peke forms an angle of about 45° with the plane of the paetara 

 and teeth. 



About 7 in. above the lower beam a horizontal rod, called the paepae, 

 is securely lashed at either end to a hole in the ascending limbs. As further 

 support there are two vertical rods, called kume, about 1 ft. to the inner 

 side of the bends. They are made of manuka, with a fork at the lower end. 

 The fork embraces the lower beam from behind, and the rod passes behind 

 the paepae and ascending arms, to each of which they are securely lashed. 

 The two kume and the paepae rods thus brace and strengthen the wooden 

 framework, or kapu. 



