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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
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