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Material Culture

Pandanus leaves hanging outside Alice's house

Alice cutting the midrib and thorny sides off the pandanus leaves

Sybil curling each pandanus leaf

Curled pandanus leaves hanging outside house to dry

Curled pandanus leaves hanging on tree to dry

Dried pandanus leaves rolled up and the start of a woven mat

Vicki weaving pandanus mat

Hat and man's basket woven from coconut fronds, hanging on my wall

Vicki, Alice, Una carrying patuma for making string

Alice rolling string from waiapei

Hilary rolling string while Sybil and children watch

Violet making a fishnet at Mulawa

Mavis repairing her fishnet

Jane with gubalara fishnet for piramatu

Gubalara - fishnet for catching piramatu

Mimi's grass skirts hanging on the line

Mimi's grass skirts hanging on the line

Garden skirt and garden basket

Garden skirt and fishnet outside on house wall

Garden skirts outside on house wall

Angelina trimming Christine's dancing skirt

Angelina trimming Christine's dancing skirt

Una preparing her dance headdress with chicken feathers

Alice preparing her dance headress with chicken feathers

Una with a traditional rat trap
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