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Manus: canoes in lagoon south of Pere, in late afternoon

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

Mortuary ceremony: woman (l) adds to large bundle of banana leaves in ritual exchange

Manus: coconut trees on the beach at Pere, distant canoes near reef

Girl wearing short fiber skirt

Dance: singing boys with feathers in hair, one boy wears shell ring suspended from red shell necklace

Children carry babies and younger children, girl in foreground wears short fiber skirt

Weaving: woman makes skirt out of banana leaf fibers, some dyed red, blue or yellow, woman has word tattooed on her chest

Manus: wealth item, a belt made of dogs' teeth (some incised) and strands of shell money, Pere village

Weaving: woman makes multi-layer, dyed skirt from banana and pandanus-leaf fibers, she sits on mat of woven pandanus leaves

Children, one looking at camera, another smiling

Canoe-building: men pull roughly shaped canoe hull onto the beach at Tukwaukwa village