Magimagi is a fibrous product made from coconut husk.
Concerning the huts named 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.
The husks from the nuts are braided and woven into a strong, thin rope "as thick as a cod line".
This scarce natural resource is weaved into artistic beauty by the people of Vulaga who are the originators of this unique talent.