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Canoe-building: man (center) says a spell while cutting vine rope from the hollowed out log

Mortuary ceremony, Omarakana: woman in fiber skirt holds small basket

Dance: children perform circle dance

Young children and older boy on veranda of Hutchins' house

Manus: shoreline fringed with coconut trees

Canoes: carved splashboard on prow of a canoe used for coastal transport

Weaving: Bomtavau, her head shaved as a sign of mourning, twists banana leaf fibers for skirt making

Woman

Canoes: women load items onto canoe used for coastal transport

Louie Tanai, Mogiovyeka's son, on a visit home from being away at school

Carving: M'lapokala carving a wooden bowl with a stand, probably for tourist trade, other carvings (l)

New mother, holding newborn, wears long fiber shawl, flower garland, and skirt valuable on head, red betel nut paste on face