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

Fishing net weighted with shells, net hangs from a house, alongside ears of red corn

Tukwaukwa village on Kiriwina: houses grouped closely together

Model canoe with sail made of plastic, models like this were raced by men in former times

Girl holds young child on her lap

New mother, holding infant, wears long fiber shawl, flower garland, and skirt valuable on head, paint on face

Cowries and other shells arranged in a basket

Canoe-building: man uses an adze to hollow out a log, creating base for large canoe

Smiling young woman, standing next to a water tank (cistern)

Manus: man wearing cowrie shell necklaces, white face paint, net

House-building: men take a break from building the frame for a new house

Western Highlands: tea plantation, distant mountains