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Fig. 25. Ota, Sago Implement. 



A — Stone blade. B, B — Wooden socket in which the blade 

 rests ; the upper portion is loose and the lower forms part of the 

 handle. C — Lawyer-cane lashing, which keeps the two sockets- 

 together. 



-CL 



Fig. 26. Showing the Ota taken to Pieces, after the 

 Lawyer-cane Lashing has been removed. 



a, Upper, separable portion of socket ; &, lower portion (made in 

 the body of the handle) ; c, the blade, seen in profile. This is wrapped 

 in a piece of coconut palm spathe (Nunu) before being fixed in 

 the socket and lashed with cane. 



