Flywhisk (English)

i Roi. Fly whisk. Made from composite materials. The i Roi consists of a long liga ni i roi (handle) carved from kau (wood) that is round in section with a whisk of magimagi (coconut sennit) of straight strands and thick volume. The magimagi is brown in colour. The liga ni i roi is smooth and polished, and brown in colour. Its butt is bulbous and round. A thin length of red cotton thread is tied around the shaft towards the whisk end.

8386 (ethnology)

Pacific