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Fishing: man removes fish from net on board a canoe

Mortuary ceremony: women weave long banana fiber skirts for exchange

Bomtavau, her head shaved as a sign of mourning, uses a mortar and pestle to prepare betel nut (areca)

Western Highlands: woman uses digging stick among sweet potato plants, harvesting a tuber

Mortuary ceremony: mourning woman with shaved head, wearing long fiber skirt and beaded necklaces

Village scene: church building (r), people carry bundles on heads

Canoe-building: men hollow out a log as base for new canoe, many other men await their turn to assist

Canoes used for coastal transport is loaded with baskets and other items, women and children aboard

Canoe: carved prow of a type of canoe called nipawa, meaning grasshopper or cicada

Weaving: smiling woman attaches dyed banana fibers to a cord wrapped around her foot, creating a colorful skirt

Mortuary ceremony, Omarakana: mourning girl, her face and body blackened with ash and her head shaved, carries infant

Rainstorm over a low island seen across expanse of water