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Land clearing: men clear trees and bushes from rocky land, preparing for construction

Woman with infant holding a flying disc

Mortuary ceremony: smoked fish on top of yams in bowls, food to be shared with mourners

Canoe-building: man carves nipawa (grasshopper) design on prow

Baby, looking at camera, sits on young woman's lap

Canoe-building: man attaches outrigger float to a canoe, lashing with lengths of vine

Weaving: Bomtavau, her head shaved in mourning, displays long skirt made of banana leaf fibers

Mortuary ceremony: display of uprooted taro plants and mats, woman in long fiber skirt

Food preparation: using wooden mallet and flattened stone, pregnant woman pounds taro

Carving: M'lapokala carving a bowl, probably for tourist trade, he uses an awl with carved wooden handle

Bomtavau flattens a pandanus leaf, preparing material for weaving

Mortuary ceremony, Omarakana: people gathered with exchange valuables