Woven basket for winnowing grain. Basket is low and shallow, flaring widely from a small base toward lip. Construction is grass fibre woven around sedge root into thick tubes, winding up from bottom centre to rim. Brown dyed grass is used to create a pattern of triangles across the inside and ext...

Model rondavel style house, made of clay and sticks. Cone-on-cylinder hut is round, with a slightly overhanging cone-shaped roof. Walls are thick, and reinforced with thin wood sticks which hold the roof onto the walls, and emerge slightly at top. A door and two small widows are cut into the clay...

Woven basket. Basket is low and shallow, flaring widely from a small base toward lip. Construction is plant fibre woven into thick tubes, winding up from bottom centre to rim. Brown and orange dyed fibre is used to create the outline of a four pointed shape across the basket. Tube construction is...

Doll figure is made of a cotton under- form, covered at bottom by a red and blue skirt with encircling rows of white beads. Torso and neck are wrapped with a twisted cord of undyed plant fibre, and its head of brown cotton perched at top. Hair made of twisted fibre hangs to below chin, eyes are m...

Fabric doll. Doll is made of brown polyester, dressed in a suit of dark green cotton with a red belt. Large pockets decorate the front, and a matching green bag is slung over the right shoulder. A silver chain drapes from right shoulder to left hip. Facial features are stitched thread, with a red...

Strainer is tubular in shape, long, woven of twisted sedge (loli) fibres, with strands tied off at top, and bunched and tied at bottom. A loop is incorporated in this tie, from which to hang the strainer.

Wire toy person riding a two-wheeled bicycle. Thick metal wire is used to make wheels, pedals and rear handle. Thinner wire is wrapped around the wheels and used for the bicycle handles and upper construction. Rider is made of a wire under-form, which is heavily wrapped with thin plastic in blue ...

Toy vehicle made of clothes hangers and typewriter ribbon spools as wheels. Represents a mini-bus, with moveable wheels, a sliding side door, a middle seat that lifts to allow passengers into the back, and a moving luggage rack at top. Construction is open, with wires suggesting walls and seats. ...

Ten strand shell wealth (tafuli'ae). Very long strands of shell discs are strung on nylon string, with tassels at each end. Most of the shell discs are approximately 0.8 cm diameter. At the centre is a 14 cm long red shell section woven in a net-like pattern. The colour pattern of discs for each ...

Carved figure of a kingfisher. Bird sits with legs and feet at front of body, wings held close to sides. Bill is long and somewhat rounded, with a tall crest sweeping back from the forehead, painted red and black. Black eyes are small and round, while face has designs in green and beak is light g...