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Capture of a pair of turtles (ulugafonu)
- Description:
- Vaka returning with turtles; The capturing of turtle pairs mating offshore is surrounded with procedures and prohibitions. The men who will wrestle the turtles and otherwise participate are assigned by the elders to two canoes. The turtles are wrestled upright (not a simple matter) and tied upside down, one on each canoe, and brought ashore. Participants who are walking ashore over the reef hav...
- Display date:
- 1967-1968
- Location:
- Tokelau
- Format:
- image
- Collections:
- Anthropology Photographic Archive
- Contributors:
- Huntsman, Judith (researcher)
- Publisher:
- Department of Anthropology, University of Auckland
- Content partner:
- The University of Auckland Library
- Availability:
- Not specified
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