Fatu Hiva
an island of the Marquesas
Bay of Virgins
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;
copra bags being raised to the
ships hold
as the boat returns for more
crew man with Marquesas tattoos