Beautiful, intricate and skillful work. The people from Kapingamaringi in particular made these.
I have stood and watched them in their little village as they deftly wove strands of banana tree leaves, and incorporated the small shells into their designs. Most of these people now live in a poor shanty town on the island of Pohnpei near the mangrove swamps. They moved from their island to Pohnpei because it was devastated by a typhoon a number of years ago.
2 comments:
Chris,
These are quite amazing! The detail work is incredible. They probably just whip them out, too. Thanks for sharing!
Paula
The work on these must have taken a while. They are very nice.
Thank you for coming to my blog and for your comment there about the chicken.
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