 The earliest record of the unique Magimagi design is listed in the "Narrative of the United States Exploring Expedition" by Wilkes (Wilkes, 1845).Concerning the bures that were on the island Wilkes says, “The walls and roof of the mbure [bure] are constructed of canes about the size of a finger, and each one is wound round with sennit [Magimagi] as thick as cod-line, made from the cocoa-nut husk” (p. 119).The forefathers of the current inhabitants of the Vulaga islands used Magimagi in the construction of their houses and canoes.