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Images From The Samoa Islands by Dr. Augustin Kramer, 1901
A young daugther of a chief (taupou) in front of a Samoan house in Leone (Tutuila) preparing kava along with a few girls of her retinue (aualuma). In front of the taupou the kava bowl (tanoa), in her right hand the kava strainer (fau tau'ava), in the hand of the girl to her right the cup (ipu) and in the hand of the girl to her left the two coconut juice bottles (vai tualua.)
Reformatted: 4th May 2004