John Simona Marsters, front, and Tio Marsters, grating arrowroot into wooden troughs, on Palmerston Island, Cook Islands

Description:

John Simona Marsters, front, and Tio Marsters of the Second Family grating arrowroot into large wooden troughs hand-adzed from tamanu trunks. The arrowroot gratings, highly poisonous initially, need to be washed many times before the remaining powder can be used for cooking. Photograph taken Palmerston Island in 1960 by John Colles Burland. Quantity: 1 colour original transparency/ies. Physic...

Display date:

1960

Location:

Cook Islands

Format:

Piece

Collections:

TAPUHI

Content partner:

Alexander Turnbull Library

Availability:

Not specified