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

Bomtavau flattens a pandanus leaf, preparing material for weaving

Mortuary ceremony, Omarakana: people gathered with exchange valuables

Yam houses next to a line of betel nut (areca) palms

Canoe-building: hollowed log floated downstream, group of men prepare to return from forest in their smaller canoes

Mortuary ceremony: women weave long fiber skirts for ritual exchange, women in foreground tend cooking pots over fire

Young children on veranda of Hutchins' house

House decorated with balloons, children playing

Young woman and infant, woman has large ear piercing

Mortuary ceremony: mourning women, skins blackened with ash, at exchange of banana leaf bundles

Dance: children wear colorful fiber skirts and carry pandanus leaves, girl (center) wears paint on face

Woman and children sitting on grass next to houses