IDNO

DG.148096.ACL

Description

Portrait of Iacinta as she uses a tebwere (cutting tool) to slice strips of dried pandanus leaves into thin strips ready for Taatai to weave into a placemat. She is seated inside a mwaneaba (meeting house) on a floor covered in woven pandanus leaf mats. There is a bowl of moi moto (fresh coconuts to drink) next to Iacinta.

Place

Oceania Micronesia; Kiribati; Abemama

Cultural Affliation

Named Person

Taatai; Iacinta

Photographer

Clark, Alison

Collector / Expedition

Pacific Presences Kiribati Fieldwork, 2016

Date

April - June 2016

Collection Name

Source

Clark, Alison

Format

Digital File

Primary Documentation

Other Information

Expedition: The series of photographs, DG.148001.ACL - DG.148184.ACL, were made during Dr Alison Clark's fieldwork in Kiribati between April - June 2016 as part of her postdoctoral Research Associate on the European Research Council project 'Pacific Presences' project which was based at the MAA from April 2013 until March 2018. [AC 06/03/2019]