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Necklace of shell-money, decorated with crocodile teeth from Alite artificial Island, Malaita, Solomon Islands 1984. The worked and drilled shells play an important role in the traditional, ceremonial exchange systems in Melanesia, and are highly valued. The red/yellow colour is the result of the final heating of the shells after manufactoring.
Necklace of shell-money, decorated with sharks teeth from Alite artificial Island, Malaita, Solomon Islands 1984. The worked and drilled shells play an important role in the traditional, ceremonial exchange systems in Melanesia, and are highly valued. The red/yellow colour is the result of the final heating of the shells after manufactoring.
Shell-money making at Alite artificial Island, Malaita, Solomon Islands 1984. The worked and drilled shells play an important role in the traditional, ceremonial exchange systems in Melanesia, and are highly valued. The red/yellow colour is the result of the final heating of the shells after manufactoring. The production of shell-money is strictly the womens role.
Initiation rite at Alite artificial Island, Malaita, Solomon Islands 1984.
Woman from Alite artificial Island, Malaita, Solomon Islands 1984.
Shell-money making at Alite artificial Island, Malaita, Solomon Islands 1984. The worked and drilled shells play an important role in the traditional, ceremonial exchange systems in Melanesia, and are highly valued. The red/yellow colour is the result of the final heating of the shells after manufactoring. The production of shell-money is strictly the womens role.
Woman and children at Alite artificial Island, Malaita, Solomon Islands 1984. Frequently occurring light hair is typical for the people in Alite, which is very rare in Melanesia.
A child at Alite artificial Island, Malaita, Solomon Islands 1984. Frequently occurring light hair is typical for the people in Alite, which is very rare in Melanesia.
The old chief at Alite artificial Island, Langa-Langa Lagoon, Malaita, Solomon Islands 1984.
Women performing the shark-dance with poles at Alite artificial Island, Langa-Langa Lagoon, Malaita, Solomon Islands 1984.
Shell-money making at Alite artificial Island, Langa-Langa Lagoon, Malaita, Solomon Islands 1984. The worked and drilled shells play an important role in the traditional, ceremonial exchange systems in Melanesia, and are highly valued. The red/yellow colour is the result of the final heating of the shells after manufactoring. The production of shell-money is strictly the womens role.
Shell-money making at Alite artificial Island, Langa-Langa Lagoon, Malaita, Solomon Islands 1984. The worked and drilled shells play an important role in the traditional, ceremonial exchange systems in Melanesia, and are highly valued. The production of shell-money is strictly the womens role.
Shell-money making at Alite artificial Island, Langa-Langa Lagoon, Malaita, Solomon Islands 1984. The worked and drilled shells play an important role in the traditional, ceremonial exchange systems in Melanesia, and are highly valued. The production of shell-money is strictly the womens role.
Shell-money making at Alite artificial Island, Langa-Langa Lagoon, Malaita, Solomon Islands 1984. The worked and drilled shells play an important role in the traditional, ceremonial exchange systems in Melanesia, and are highly valued. The production of shell-money is strictly the womens role.
Skulls of the dead, deposited on a stone altar at Alite artificial Island, Langa-Langa Lagoon, Malaita, Solomon Islands 1984.
Woman from Alite artificial Island, Langa-Langa Lagoon, Malaita, Solomon Islands 1984.
Woman and children at Alite artificial Island, Langa-Langa Lagoon, Malaita, Solomon Islands 1984. Frequently occurring light hair is typical for the people in Alite, which is very rare in Melanesia.
The old chief at Alite artificial Island, Langa-Langa Lagoon, Malaita, Solomon Islands 1984.
Women performing the shark-dance with poles at Alite artificial Island, Langa-Langa Lagoon, Malaita, Solomon Islands 1984.
Alite artificial Island, Langa-Langa Lagoon, Malaita, Solomon Islands 1984. Tribal war between the "Mountain People" and the "Coastal People" of Malaita forced the coastal people to rescue themselves by building artificial islands along the coasts of Malaita Island. Many of them have never been outside their islands, where they live on fishing, gardening and pig breeding.
Alite artificial island, Langa-Langa Lagoon, Malaita Island 1984
Alite artificial island, Langa-Langa Lagoon, Malaita Island 1984
Shell-money making, Alite artificial island, Langa-Langa Lagoon, Malaita Island 1984
Women performing the shark-dance with poles. Alite artificial Island, Langa-Langa Lagoon, Malaita Island 1984
Children from Alite artificial island, Langa-Langa Lagoon, Malaita Island 1984
Children from Alite artificial island, Langa-Langa Lagoon, Malaita Island 1984
Woman from Alite artificial Island, Langa-Langa Lagoon, Malaita Island 1984
Alite artificial island, Langa-Langa Lagoon, Malaita Island 1984
Ancestral slit drum, Fanla Village, Ambrym Island 1988
Ancestral slit drum, Fanla Village, Ambrym Island 1988. Pigs tusks carved around the neck.
Ancestral slit drum, Fanla Village, Ambrym Island 1988. Pigs tusks carved around the neck and the original status symbol, the spiral-shaped tusks, are shown.
Ancestral slit drums, Fanla Village, Ambrym Island 1988.
Fire-walking ceremony, Viti Levu Island, Fiji 1984
Fire-walking ceremony, Viti Levu Island, Fiji 1984
Fire-walking ceremony, Viti Levu Island, Fiji 1984
Fire-walking ceremony, Viti Levu Island, Fiji 1984
Fire-walking ceremony, Viti Levu Island, Fiji 1984
Fire-walking ceremony, Viti Levu Island, Fiji 1984
Fire-walking ceremony, Viti Levu Island, Fiji 1984
Fire-walking ceremony, Viti Levu Island, Fiji 1984
Fire-walking ceremony, Viti Levu Island, Fiji 1984
Man in dug-out canoe, Viti Levu Island, Fiji 1984
War-club traditionally used for braking an enemie's neck without crushing the skull, which was used for kava drinking. Demonstration at the Pacific Harbour Cultural Centre in Suva, Viti Levu Island, Fiji 1984
Sigatoka Beach, Viti Levu Island, Fiji 1984
Sigatoka Beach, Viti Levu Island, Fiji 1984
Footprints on Sigatoka Beach, Viti Levu Island, Fiji 1984
Crushed prehistoric human bones on Sigatoka Beach, Viti Levu Island, Fiji 1984. The bones are the remains from cannibalistic feasts c. 1500 - 500 BC.
Prehistoric pottery on Sigatoka Beach, Viti Levu Island, Fiji 1984. This so-called Lapita pottery was brought to the island by the first settlers c. 1500 BC.
Prehistoric pottery on Sigatoka Beach, Viti Levu Island, Fiji 1984. This so-called Lapita pottery was brought to the island by the first settlers c. 1500 BC.
Prehistoric pottery on Sigatoka Beach, Viti Levu Island, Fiji 1984. This so-called Lapita pottery was brought to the island by the first settlers c. 1500 BC.
Kava ceremony, Viti Levu Island, Fiji 1984
Kava ceremony, Viti Levu Island, Fiji 1984
Maeva lagoon, Huahine Island, Society Islands 1988.
Huts built in the lagoon in sunset, Mo'orea Island, Society Islands 1983.
Megalithic temple, Maeva, Huahine Island, Society Islands 1988. C. AD 1600.
Megalithic temple ("marae"), Marae Arahuraho, Tahiti Island, Society Islands 1983. C. AD 1600.
Megalithic temple ("marae"), Marae Mahine, Mo'orea Island, Society Islands 1983. C. AD 1780.
Megalithic temple ("marae"), Marae Arahuraho, Tahiti Island, Society Islands 1983. C. AD 1600.
Marquesan tattoo, Society Islands 1983.
The harbour in Fare, Huahine Island, Society Islands 1988.
Megalithic temple ("marae"), Marae Mahine, Mo'orea Island, Society Islands 1983. C. AD 1780.
Fruit sacrifice at the megalithic temple ("marae"), Marae Ahu O'Mahine, Mo'orea Island, Society Islands 1986.
Megalithic temple ("marae"), Marae Arahuraho, Tahiti Island, Society Islands 1983. C. AD 1600.
Megalithic temple, Maeva, Huahine Island, Society Islands 1988. C. AD 1600.
Megalithic temple ("marae") at Maeva lagoon, Huahine Island, Society Islands 1988. Ship-carvings can be seen on the stones.
Megalithic temple ("marae") and reconstructed ceremonial house at Maeva lagoon, Huahine Island, Society Islands 1988.
Mo'orea Island, Society Islands 1983.
Fruit sacrifice ceremony at the megalithic temple ("marae") Marae Ahu O'Mahine, Mo'orea Island, Society Islands 1986.
Huts built in the lagoon, Mo'orea Island, Society Islands 1983.
Huahine Island, Society Islands 1988.
Faarumai falls, Vaipuu river, Tahiti Island, Society Islands 1983.
Megalithic temple, marae, in Maeva, Huahine Island, Society Islands 1987
Traditional Polynesian meeting house in Maeva, Huahine Island 1984
Megalithic temple, marae, in Maeva, Huahine Island, Society Islands 1987
Megalithic temple, marae, in Maeva, Huahine Island, Society Islands 1987
Beach at Raiatea Island, Society Islands 1987
Beach at Raiatea Island, Society Islands 1987
Megalithic temple Taputapuatea on Raiatea Island, Society Islands 1987. Captain James Cook visited this temple on his first journey around the World in 1769.
Megalithic temple Taputapuatea on Raiatea Island, Society Islands 1987. Captain James Cook visited this temple on his first journey around the World in 1769.
Megalithic temple Taputapuatea on Raiatea Island, Society Islands 1987. Captain James Cook visited this temple on his first journey around the World in 1769.
Matavai Bay, Tahiti Island, Society Islands 1983
Traditional Polynesian dance, Tahiti Island, Society Islands 1983
Traditional Polynesian dance, Tahiti Island, Society Islands 1983
Traditional Polynesian dance, Tahiti Island, Society Islands 1983
Traditional Marquesan tattoo, Tahiti Island, Society Islands 1983
Traditional Marquesan tattoo, Tahiti Island, Society Islands 1983
Climbing for coconuts, Tahaiti Island, Society Islands 1983
Sunset over Mo'orea Island, taken from Tahiti Island, Society Islands 1983
Opunohu Valley and Cooks Bay, Mo'orea Island, Society Islands 1983
Opunohu Valley, Mo'orea Island, Society Islands 1983
Mo'orea Island, Society Islands 1983
Mo'orea Island, Society Islands 1983
Megalithic temple, Marae Titiroa, Opunohu Valley, Mo'orea Island, Society Islands 1983
Megalithic temple, Marae Afareaito, Opunohu Valley, Mo'orea Island, Society Islands 1983
Sunset over Mo'orea Island, taken from Tahiti Island, Society Islands 1983
Opunohu Valley and Cooks Bay, Mo'orea Island, Society Islands 1983
Opunohu Valley and Cooks Bay, Mo'orea Island, Society Islands 1983
Opunohu Valley and Cooks Bay, Mo'orea Island, Society Islands 1983
Opunohu Valley and Cooks Bay, Mo'orea Island, Society Islands 1983
Megalithic temple, Marae Mahine, Opunohu Valley, Mo'orea Island, Society Islands 1983
Platform for ceremonial arrow and bow competition at Marae Titiroa megalithic temple, Opunohu Valley, Mo'orea Island, Society Islands 1983
Megalithic temple, Marae Afareaito, Opunohu Valley, Mo'orea Island, Society Islands 1983
Megalithic temple, Marae Arahuraho, Tahiti Island, Society Islands 1983
Prehistoric rock-carving, Waikoloa, Kona coast, Hawai'i Island, Hawai'i Islands 1985. The rock art tradition at Waikoloa was still practised in the early 19th century.
Sunset at Na Pali Coast, Kauai Island, Hawai'i Islands 1985.
Na Pali Coast, Kauai Island, Hawai'i Islands 1985.
Na Pali Coast, Kauai Island, Hawai'i Islands 1985.
Waimea valley, Kauai Island, Hawai'i Islands 1985.
Waikiki Beach, Honolulu, Oahu Island, Hawai'i Islands 1987.
Waikiki Beach, Honolulu, Oahu Island, Hawai'i Islands 1987.
Na Pali Coast, Kauai Island, Hawai'i Islands 1985.
Waikiki Beach, Honolulu, Oahu Island, Hawai'i Islands 1987.
Waikiki Beach, Honolulu, Oahu Island, Hawai'i Islands.
Waikiki Beach, Honolulu, Oahu Island, Hawai'i Islands.
Waikiki Beach, Honolulu, Oahu Island, Hawai'i Islands.
Prehistoric rock-carvings depicting human figures and various schematic signs, Waikoloa, Kona coast, Hawai'i Island, Hawai'i Islands 1985. The rock art tradition at Waikoloa was still practised in the early 19th century.
Plastered skull of a Small Nambas woman, Malekula Island, Vanuatu 1984.
Outriggers on the beach of Vao, Malekula Island, Vanuatu 1988.
Ancestral stone face from Vao, Malekula Island, Vanuatu 1990.
Sunrays in the jungle, Vao, Malekula Island, Vanuatu 1987.
Secret society mask dance, Pentecost Island, Vanuatu 1990.
Ancestral stone faces, "Pet Wahit" (Stone Man), Norohure megalithic dancing ground, Vao, Malekula Island, Vanuatu 1985.
Chief Bani Melteg Rungi, Venu megalithic dancing ground, Vao, Malekula Island, Vanuatu 1987. Ancestral slit-drum in the background.
Ancestral stone face, "Pet Wahit" (Stone Man), Norohure megalithic dancing ground, Vao, Malekula Island, Vanuatu 1985.
Ancestral slit-drums and megalithic tombs atTolamp-Toghvanu megalithic dancing ground, Vao, Malekula Island, Vanuatu 1985.
Plastered skull of a Small Nambas man, Malekula Island, Vanuatu 1984.
Small Nambas spirit dance mask, Malekula Island, Vanuatu 1984.
Big Nambas warriors, Malekula Island, Vanuatu 1985.
Big Nambas woman, Malekula Island, Vanuatu 1985.
Young boy from Vao, Malekula Island, Vanuatu 1985.
Chief Karasea at his ancestral slit-drum and megalithic tomb at Toghvanu megalithic dancing ground, Vao, Malekula Island, Vanuatu 1985.
Plastered ceremonial dance spirit mask with pigs tusks, Small Nambas, Malekula Island, Vanuatu 1984.
Spiral-shaped pigs tusk from a c. 20-year old pig. It has a high ceremonial value and the triple spiral is called TAL VA GHA RUGH. The tusk was given to Queen Elizabeth of England on Vanuatus independence day in 1980, but she deposited it directly in the Cultural Centre and Museum in Port Vila. The tusk can today also be seen on Vanuatu's national flag. Vanuatu 1984.
Pigs jaw with circular-shaped tusks from a c. 7-year old pig. This stage in the growth is called BÓ-WARE. The circular and later spiral-shaped growth of the tusks is achieved by knocking out the upper canines when the pig is young, so that the lower ones will not be worn down. Vao, Malekula Island, Vanuatu 1984.
Pigs jaws on display after a pig sacrificial ceremony, a MAKI ceremony. Togh-vanu megalithic ceremonial dancing ground, Vao, Malekula Island, Vanuatu 1988.
Norohure megalithic ceremonial dancing ground, decorated for a pig sacrificial MAKI ceremony. Vao, Malekula Island, Vanuatu 1985.
Ancestral spririt stone faces at Norohure megalithic ceremonial dancing ground. The figures are used for both weather magic and black magic. Vao, Malekula Island, Vanuatu 1985.
Ancestral spririt stone faces at Norohure megalithic ceremonial dancing ground. The figures are used for both weather magic and black magic. Vao, Malekula Island, Vanuatu 1985.
Ancestral slit drums at Togh-vanu megalithic ceremonial dancing ground. Vao, Malekula Island, Vanuatu 1985.
Ancestral slit drums at Peter-ihi megalithic ceremonial dancing ground. Vao, Malekula Island, Vanuatu 1985.
Ancestral slit drums at Peter-ihi megalithic ceremonial dancing ground. Vao, Malekula Island, Vanuatu 1985.
Ancestral slit drum at Peter-ihi megalithic ceremonial dancing ground. Vao, Malekula Island, Vanuatu 1985.
Ancestral slit drums at Peter-ihi megalithic ceremonial dancing ground. Vao, Malekula Island, Vanuatu 1985.
Chief Bani Melteg Rungi in Venu village beside an ancestral spirit figure on Venu megalithic ceremonial dancing ground. Vao, Malekula Island, Vanuatu 1987.
Megalithic tombs at Tolamp-Toghvanu dancing ground, Islet of Vao, Malekula Island 1985
Megalithic tombs at Tolamp-Toghvanu dancing ground, Islet of Vao, Malekula Island 1985
Megalithic tombs at Tolamp-Toghvanu dancing ground, Islet of Vao, Malekula Island 1985
Megalithic tombs and ancestral slit-drums on Peter-ihi dancing ground, Islet of Vao, Malekula Island 1985
Ancestral slit-drum on Peter-ihi dancing ground, Islet of Vao, Malekula Island 1985
Ancestral slit-drum on Peter-ihi dancing ground, Islet of Vao, Malekula Island 1985
Ancestral slit-drum on Pete-hul dancing ground, Islet of Vao, Malekula Island 1985
Ancestral slit-drum on Pete-hul dancing ground, Islet of Vao, Malekula Island 1985
Ancestral slit-drum on Tolamp-toghvanu dancing ground, Islet of Vao, Malekula Island 1985
Ancestral slit-drum on Patigh dancing ground, Islet of Vao, Malekula Island 1985
Megalithic tombs at Pete-hul dancing ground, Islet of Vao, Malekula Island 1985
Megalithic tombs, dolmens, at Pete-hul dancing ground, Islet of Vao, Malekula Island 1985
Pig awaiting the sacrifical slaughter on the Tolamp Togh-vanu ceremonial dancing ground 1988
Megalithic altar and place for a pig to be sacrificed at Pete-hul ceremonial dancing ground, Islet of Vao, Malekula Island 1985
Pigs jaws with spiral-grown tusks on display after a sacrificial ceremony at Tolamp Togh-vanu ceremonial dancing ground, Islet of Vao, Malekula Island 1988
Ancestral stone face, "Pet Wahit" (Stone Man), Norohure megalithic dancing ground, Islet of Vao, Malekula Island 1985. The figures are used for both weather and black magic.
Ancestral stone face, "Pet Wahit" (Stone Man), Norohure megalithic dancing ground, Islet of Vao, Malekula Island 1985. The figures are used for both weather and black magic.
Ancestral stone face, "Pet Wahit" (Stone Man), Norohure megalithic dancing ground, Islet of Vao, Malekula Island 1985. The figures are used for both weather and black magic.
Ancestral stone face, "Pet Wahit" (Stone Man), Norohure megalithic dancing ground, Islet of Vao, Malekula Island 1985. The figures are used for both weather and black magic.
Ancestral stone face, "Pet Wahit" (Stone Man), Norohure megalithic dancing ground, Islet of Vao, Malekula Island 1985. The figures are used for both weather and black magic.
Ancestral stone face, "Pet Wahit" (Stone Man), Norohure megalithic dancing ground, Islet of Vao, Malekula Island 1985. The figures are used for both weather and black magic, and they are also called "blood-stones", as they are ritually connected to this red flower.
Plastered skull of a Small Nambas woman, Malekula Island 1984
Big Nambas woman, Malekula Island, Vanuatu 1985
Big Nambas warrior, Malekula Island 1985
Big Nambas warrior, Malekula Island 1985
Big Nambas warrior dressed in traditional penis cover, namba, Malekula Island 1985
Big Nambas warrior dressed in traditional penis cover, namba, Malekula Island 1985
Pig awaiting the sacrifical slaughter on the Tolamp Togh-vanu ceremonial dancing ground 1985
Ancestral slit-drums and megalithic tombs at Tolamp Togh-vanu dancing ground, Islet of Vao, Malekula Island 1985
Secret Society mask dance in Lamap Village, Malekula Island 1990
Outrigger in Ifaluk lagoon, Ifaluk Island, Micronesia 1985.
Sunset, Kuria Island, Kiribati, Micronesia 1985.
Children on the beach, Kuria Island, Kiribati, Micronesia 1985.
Ifaluk lagoon, Ifaluk Island, Micronesia 1985.
Nan Madol megalithic temple city, AD 1200-1500, Pohnpei (Ponape), Micronesia 1985.
Young girl, Kuria Island, Kiribati, Micronesia 1985.
Nan Madol megalithic temple city, AD 1200-1500, Pohnpei (Ponape), Micronesia 1985.
Nan Madol megalithic temple city, AD 1200-1500, Pohnpei (Ponape), Micronesia 1985.
Young girl, Kuria Island, Kiribati, Micronesia 1985.
Sunset fishing in Ifaluk lagoon, Ifaluk Island, Micronesia 1985.
Traditional canoe building, Ifaluk Island, Micronesia 1985.
Young girl, Kuria Island, Kiribati, Micronesia 1985.
Ifaluk lagoon, Ifaluk Island, Micronesia 1985.
Children on the beach in sunset, Kuria Island, Kiribati, Micronesia 1985.
Young girls on the beach in sunset, Kuria Island, Kiribati, Micronesia 1985.
Young boy on the beach in sunset, Kuria Island, Kiribati, Micronesia 1985.
Children on the beach, Kuria Island, Kiribati, Micronesia 1985.
Nan Madol megalithic temple city, AD 1200-1500, Pohnpei (Ponape), Micronesia 1985.
Nan Madol megalithic temple city, AD 1200-1500, Pohnpei (Ponape), Micronesia 1985.
Playing games on the beach, Kuria Island, Kiribati, Micronesia 1985.
Nan Madol megalithic temple city, AD 1200-1500, Phonpei (Ponape) Island, Micronesia 1985
Nan Madol megalithic temple city, AD 1200-1500, Phonpei (Ponape) Island, Micronesia 1985
Sunset in Micronesia 1985
Sunset in Micronesia 1985
Sunset in Micronesia 1985
Children from Kuria Island, Gilbert Islands 1985
Children from Kuria Island, Gilbert Islands 1985
Children from Kuria Island, Gilbert Islands 1985
Young girl from Kuria Island, Gilbert Islands 1985
Children from Kuria Island, Gilbert Islands 1985
Children from Kuria Island, Gilbert Islands 1985
Children from Kuria Island, Gilbert Islands 1985
Young girl from Kuria Island, Gilbert Islands 1985
Ifaluk Island, Caroline Islands 1985
Ifaluk lagoon, Ifaluk Island, Caroline Islands 1985
Fisherman in outrigger canoe, Ifaluk lagoon, Ifaluk Island, Caroline Islands 1985
Fisherman in outrigger canoe, Truk lagoon, Truk Island, Caroline Islands 1985
Children from Ifaluk Island, Caroline Islands 1985
Young girls from Ifaluk Island, Caroline Islands 1985
Old man from Ifaluk Island, Caroline Islands 1985
Father and son, Ifaluk Island, Caroline Islands 1985
Traditional boat house, Ifaluk Island, Caroline Islands 1985
Traditional boat house, Ifaluk Island, Caroline Islands 1985
Traditional boat house, Ifaluk Island, Caroline Islands 1985
Traditional assembly-house, Ifaluk Island, Caroline Islands 1985
Children from Kuria Island, Gilbert Islands 1985
Old man from Ifaluk Island, Caroline Islands 1985
The making of a dug-out canoe, Ifaluk Island, Caroline Islands 1985
Children at Bunlap village beach, Pentecost Island, Vanuatu 1990.
Children at Bunlap village beach, Pentecost Island, Vanuatu 1990.
Bunlap beach, Pentecost Island, Vanuatu 1988.
Bunlap village megalithic ceremonial dancing ground, Pentecost Island, Vanuatu 1988.
Old man in Bunlap village, Pentecost Island, Vanuatu 1988.
Bunlap village, Pentecost Island, Vanuatu 1988.
Bunlap village, Pentecost Island, Vanuatu 1988.
Young boys from Bunlap Village, Pentecost Island 1990
Young boys from Bunlap Village, Pentecost Island 1990
Young boys from Bunlap Village, Pentecost Island 1990
Man in traditional dress wearing a necklace with spiral-shaped pigs tusks from Bunlap Village, Pentecost Island 1990
Young boys from Bunlap Village, Pentecost Island 1990
Stone statues ("Moai") at Ranu Raraku volcano, Easter Island (Rapa-nui), Chile. C. AD 1400.
Stone statues ("moai") on Ahu at Anakena, Easter Island, Chile. C. AD 1400.
Stone statue ("moai") on Ahu at Hanga Roa, Easter Island, Chile. C. AD 1400.
Stone statue ("moai") on Ahu at Hanga Roa, Easter Island, Chile. C. AD 1400.
Rock-carvings depicting bird-men at Orongo ceremonial center, Rano Kau volcano, Easter Island, Chile.C. AD 1400.
Stone statue ("moai") on the south coast, Easter Island, Chile. C. AD 1400.
Stone statues ("moai") on Ahu at Anakena, Easter Island, Chile. C. AD 1400.
Stone statues ("moai") on Ahu at Anakena, Easter Island, Chile. C. AD 1400.
Stone statues ("moai") on Ahu at Anakena, Easter Island, Chile. C. AD 1400.
Stone statues ("moai") on Ahu at Anakena, Easter Island, Chile. C. AD 1400.
Stone statues ("moai") on Ahu at Anakena, Easter Island, Chile. C. AD 1400.
Stone statues ("moai") on Ahu at Anakena, Easter Island, Chile. C. AD 1400.
Stone statues ("Moai") at Ranu Raraku volcano, Easter Island (Rapa-nui), Chile. C. AD 1400.
Stone statues ("moai") on Ahu at Anakena, Easter Island, Chile. C. AD 1400.
Rock-carvings depicting bird-men at Orongo ceremonial center, Rano Kau volcano, Easter Island, Chile. C. AD 1400.
"The Navel of the World" for the Eastern islanders, ceremonial stone on the north coast, Easter Island, Chile.
Fallen stone statue ("moai") on the south coast, Easter Island, Chile. C. AD 1400.
Stone statues ("moai") on Ahu at Anakena, Easter Island, Chile. C. AD 1400.
Orongo ceremonial center, Rano Kau volcano, Easter Island, Chile. C. AD 1400.
Village counsel, Tanna Island, Vanuatu 1987.
Village counsel, Yaonanen village, Tanna Island, Vanuatu 1987.
Old man in Yaonanen village, Tanna Island, Vanuatu 1987.
Young boy playing a traditional flute in Yaonanen village, Tanna Island, Vanuatu 1987.
Men in traditional dress in Yaonanen Village, Tanna Island 1987
Young girls from Yaonanen Village, Tanna Island 1987
Men in traditional dress in Yaonanen Village, Tanna Island 1987
Men in traditional dress in Yaonanen Village, Tanna Island 1987
Man in traditional dress in Yaonanen Village, Tanna Island 1987
Young girls from Yaonanen Village, Tanna Island 1987
Men in traditional dress in Yaonanen Village, Tanna Island 1987
Man in traditional dress, Tanna Island 1985
Men in traditional dress in Yaonanen Village, Tanna Island 1987
Man in traditional dress, Tanna Island 1985
Yasur volcano, Tanna Island 1984. Captain James Cook visited the volcano in August 1774 on his second journey around the World.
Yasur volcano, Tanna Island 1984. Captain James Cook visited the volcano in August 1774 on his second journey around the World.
Outrigger canoe in Port Resolution, Tanna Island 1984, where Captain James Cook anchored his ship Resolution in August 1774 on his second journey around the World.
Outrigger canoe in Port Resolution, Tanna Island 1984, where Captain James Cook anchored his ship Resolution in August 1774 on his second journey around the World.
The lagoon at Nuku'alofa 1988 on the north coast of Tongatapu Isand where Captain James Cook anchored on his visit to Tonga 1777 on his third journey around the World.
The lagoon at Nuku'alofa 1988 on the north coast of Tongatapu Isand where Captain James Cook anchored on his visit to Tonga 1777 on his third journey around the World.
The megalithic arch Ha'amonga-a-Maui in Hahake, Tongatapu Island 1988. The construction is unique among megalithic monuments in the Pacific area and has been called "Stonehenge of the South Seas". It was erected and used during ceremonies in prehistoric times.
Prehistoric "quarry" in the coral rock during high tide on the north coast of Tongatapu Island 1988, close to Pangaimotu Islet 1988. The stones were intended to be used for the erection of megalithic monuments, but were probably to heavy to brake of and lift.
Prehistoric "quarry" in the coral rock during high tide on the north coast of Tongatapu Island 1988, close to Pangaimotu Islet 1988. The stones were intended to be used for the erection of megalithic monuments, but were probably to heavy to brake of and lift.
Mua megalithic ceremonial centre and burial ground, langi, on Tongatapu Island 1988. The stones to the monuments were quarried on the coral rock during low tide.
Traditional tapa making in Tonga 1988. The cloth is made of bark from the mullberry tree.
Sun-drying of a large, completed tapa cloth in Tonga 1988.
Many modern graves in Tonga are shaped in the same step-wise pattern as the prehistoric megalithic monuments. Nowadays they are often decorated with beer bottles, instead of using coral rock stones.
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