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Mortuary ceremony: yams are piled for distribution, bundles of sugarcane stand at right

Canoes: woman loads baskets of yams onto canoe used for coastal transport

Canoe-building: men work together to bring hollowed log from forest, floating it on a stream in the mangrove swamp (wapasa)

Adolescent girl, hibiscus flower in hair and dabs of betel nut paste on cheeks, holds an infant, both wear shell necklaces

Children sit on house veranda, Imala (girl in front) wears a red shell necklace

Yam display: large heap of yams arranged within a circular framework, under a shade structure

House on raised platform

Canoe-building: man, Tovalugwa, smoothes thin pole, using an axe with traditional handle

Mortuary ceremony, Omarakana: piles of yams and taro for ritual exchange

Fishing: canoes returning to inlet near Tukwaukwa, sails furled, children on beached canoes in foreground

Mortuary ceremony: pregnant woman wearing fiber skirt, next to taro, skirts, banana leaf bundles (wealth items)

Adolescent girl, wearing shell necklace and dashes of betel nut paste on her cheeks, holding a baby