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King of Manihiki, Tupou Tihau Te Whaingaitu Ariki, Cook Islands

Portraits of young women wearing 'ei katu (head wreaths), Cook Islands

Ioane Kaitara and Richard Story catching coconut crabs, Manihiki, Cook Islands

Tahitian technician Michel Yip implanting nucleus into an oyster, Manihiki, Cook Islands

Three young men in a dinghy with chaplets of oyster shells, Manihiki, Cook Islands

Ioane Kaitara catching coconut crabs, Manihiki, Cook Islands

Schoolgirls making 'ei katu (head wreaths), Cook Islands

Large mat made from coconut palm fronds, Rakahanga, Cook Islands

Workers from the Amoko shell farm in a boat, Manihiki, Cook Islands

Man drilling a hole in an oyster shell, Manihiki, Cook Islands

Tahitian technician Michel Yip implanting nucleus into an oyster, Manihiki, Cook Islands

Preparation and unloading umu by sons of Nehemia Tauira, Manihiki, Cook Islands