the church

seller of batik sarongs

women of the island

music making

Making of the Tapa cloth from tree bark

stripping the bark from the trunk

removing the bark

pounding it flat

preparing to mark the cloth with a design

for sale to the tourists

Marquesas Tapa designs

tattooed person carving a Tiki

outrigger and sea creatures

waiting to load copra on the supply boat

copra bags being raised to the ships holdext-alas the boat returns for more

crew man with Marquesas tattoos;