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Two young men with fishing nets in lagoon, Rakahanga, Cook Islands

Diver connecting oyster shells to a mooring line, Manihiki, Cook Islands

Women wearing 'ei upoko (head wreaths), Cook Islands

Mrs [Kiuni?] Samuel sewing tivaevae (quilt), Cook Islands

Woman stitching a tivaevae (quilt) / woman weaving, Cook Islands

Native Group

Woman wearing rito hat, Cook Island Christian Church, Manihiki, Cook Islands

Tokerau Munro and Vereara Maeva stitching a tivaevae (quilt), Arorangi, Rarotonga, Cook Islands

Umukai

Au Maru, the home of the Queen of Arorangi, Tinomana Ruta Tuoro Ariki II, Arorangi, Cook Islands

Tokerau Munro and Vereara Maeva stitch a cut-out tivaivai design, Arorangi, Rarotonga, Cook Islands

Cook Islanders performing