Longoteme, Tonga 1963
A man (left) sits on a fallen tree trunk, a young unclothed girl (right) stands in front of a young boy who is squatting and holding the tail of a puppy. Another puppy is sitting directly facing the children. In the centre foreground a pot is on an open fire. In the background is a fale with wooden stick walls and coconut palm leaf woven roofing. A paddle (centre) is leaning against the fale.

#Longoteme #Tonga #moe_tahurangi #Matapihi #Kōtuia #Children #Campfires #Cauldrons #photographicgelatin #photographicpaper #silver #gelatinsilverprints #worksofart #Contemporary #Tongatapu

http://api.digitalnz.org/records/168297/source

Longoteme, Tonga 1963
A large breadfruit tree dominates the right foreground. Two boys ride a horse bareback, with a full sack sitting in front of the front boy. There are three fale visible, one obscured behind the breadfruit tree, one in the background and the other to the left. A tree stump and two tree trunks are in front of the left fale. A couple of small woven mats are lying near the stump.

#Longoteme #Tonga #moe_tahurangi #Matapihi #Kōtuia #Horses #Horsebackriding #Trees #Villages #Tongan #photographicgelatin #photographicpaper #silver #gelatinsilverprints #worksofart #Contemporary #Tongatapu

http://api.digitalnz.org/records/168292/source

Longoteme, Tonga. 1963
Eleven women with seven young children are seated cross-legged on coconut palm leaves in a semi circle. One woman in the centre of the circle is pouring water into a kava bowl which another woman is making. They are seated beneath a breadfruit tree. In the background is a fale with weaved coconut palm leaf thatching for the sides and roofing.

#Longoteme #Tonga #moe_tahurangi #Matapihi #Kōtuia #Women #Children #Leaves #Palms #photographicgelatin #photographicpaper #silver #gelatinsilverprints #worksofart #Contemporary #Tongatapu

http://api.digitalnz.org/records/168301/source

Longoteme, Tonga 1963
Woman (mother) and four young children. Woman sitting on a low wooden stool dressing a child (right). A young boy (centre left) squats on the stool holding a coconut. A young girl is in the foregound and another boy is partly obscured behind her. They are directly in front of the entry to a fale.

#Longoteme #Tonga #Tongan #moe_tahurangi #Matapihi #Kōtuia #Children #Coconuts #Women #Tables #Basins #photographicgelatin #photographicpaper #silver #gelatinsilverprints #worksofart #Contemporary #Tongatapu

http://api.digitalnz.org/records/168299/source

Viliame, Longoteme, Tonga 1963
Boy (side on) drinking from a coconut. The boy is wearing a white short sleeved shirt and a [shell/flower?] necklace.

#Viliame #Longoteme #Tonga #moe_tahurangi #Matapihi #Kōtuia #Coconuts #Children #Eating&drinking #photographicgelatin #photographicpaper #silver #gelatinsilverprints #worksofart #Contemporary #Tongatapu

http://api.digitalnz.org/records/168296/source

Longoteme, Tonga. 1963
Two young girls are walking (from left to right) with a young child in each of their arms. The girl (left) has a dark blanket about her and the child; the girl (right) has a white blanket wrapped around her and the child. There are two fale in the near distance. The branches of a breadfruit tree are visible to the right.

#Longoteme #Tonga #Tongan #moe_tahurangi #Matapihi #Kōtuia #Girls #Infants #Blankets #Indigenouspeoples #Tongatapu(Tonga) #photographicgelatin #photographicpaper #silver #gelatinsilverprints #worksofart #Contemporary #Tongatapu

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Longoteme, Tonga. 1963
Man (left) and woman (right) sit cross-legged on the ground while working in a kitchen. The man dressed in dark trousers is peeling green bananas with a machete. The woman dressed in white dress is peeling tapioca with a kitchen knife.

#Longoteme #Tonga #moe_tahurangi #Matapihi #Kōtuia #Kitchens #Machetes #Knives #Cookery #Ethnicgroups #Tongatapu(Tonga) #Tongan #photographicgelatin #photographicpaper #silver #gelatinsilverprints #worksofart #Contemporary #Tongatapu

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Longoteme, Tonga 1963.
Two girls are washing clothes. Girl (left) is sitting cross-legged on coconut palm leaves and is washing from a large tin bowl. Girl (right) is seated on a long stool and is washing using a wash board in a large tin tub. There is a large kettle in the foreground and a dog with its front paws behind them drinking from a different large tin tub.

#Longoteme #Tonga #moe_tahurangi #Matapihi #Kōtuia #Laundry #Basins #Women #Villages #Kettles #photographicgelatin #photographicpaper #silver #gelatinsilverprints #worksofart #Contemporary #Tongatapu

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