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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 and Una carrying patuma on their heads for making string
Alice rolling string from waiapei (from the patuma plant)
Hilary rolling string while Sybil and children watch
Violet making a fishnet at Mulawa
Mavis repairing her fishnet
Jane with large gubalara fishnet for catching piramatu
Gubalara - fishnet for catching piramatu
My grass skirts hanging on the line
My grass skirts hanging on the line
Garden skirt and garden basket
Garden skirt and fishnet stored outside on house wall
Garden skirts outside on house wall
Angelina trimming Christine's dance skirt
Angelina trimming Christine's dance skirt
Una making her dance headdress, attaching chicken feathers
Alice preparing her dance headress with chicken feathers
Una with a traditional rat trap
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