Date: Tue, 21 Jul 1998 11:48:16 -0400
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From: "Craig O'Donnell" <dadadata@friend.ly.net>
Subject: [baidarka] Anthro Measurements
>From Grimble, 1924, CANOES OF THE GILBERT ISLANDS
The measurements used in all this work were taken from parts of the human
body, as usual among Pacific races. But it is worth noting that for
consistency's sake they were taken from the body of a single man -- the
grey-beard himself, whose title, te tia-baire (the measurer) indicated his
functions. The standards were as follows:
Te ari-ni-bai: 'The quick of the nail', i.e. the breadth of the 'half-moon'
on the old man's digital nail, from side to side.
Te uki-ni-bai: 'The finger-nail' or the breadth of the finger-end.
Te tabo-ni-bal: 'The finger's length' (middle finger).
Te rau-rau-nl-bai: 'The hand's length' from tip of middle finger to crease
at join of palm and wrist.
Te manoku: 'The crook': length from tip of middle finger to crook of elbow
inside.
Te anga-anga: 'The shoulder': finger-tip to shoulder.
Te bwenana-te-aomata: 'The division of a man': from middle finger tip to
depression between breasts.
Te anga-anga-uoua: 'The two shoulders': from finger tip to opposite shoulder.
Te manoku-uoua: 'The two crooks'; from finger-tip to crook of opposite elbow.
Te nga: 'The fathom': a man's full stretch with arms extended.
Craig O'Donnell
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