Vilivili. Pump drill. This is a handmade vilivili made of various materials. The shaft of the vilivili is cylindrical in shape at first but ends in a square cross section at the mata (point). This overall shape and the drilled holes along it's length suggest that this wood may have served another purpose prior to being used as a vilivili. Fitted around the shaft is a flat, circular disc made also of wood. At the narrow proximal end of the shaft a suspension cord made of beige coloured twine is tied to it. The cord is then attached to a cross bar also made of a narrow, cylindrical piece of wood. At the distal end of the shaft a mata (point) has been wedged into the wood and secured tightly using twine. The mata is made of a white conical shell with a serrated edge. The vilivili was used to drill holes into pearlshell for lures and necklaces etc. To use the vilivili one would coil the suspension cord around the shaft and in a continuous motion push down on the crossbar to unravel the cord and quickly releasing the downward pressure to allow the suspension cord to rewrap itself around the shaft. This downward pressure and quick release will continuously coil, uncoil and re-coil the suspension cord around the central shaft and thus spinning the vilivili. The force and speed used to push down on the crossbar would determine the speed in which the vilivili spins and therefore how quickly the hole is drilled.