Get to Know the Tami
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Tami Islands
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
"The Tami Islands are a small island group located seven nautical miles SSE of Finschhafen in the Huon Gulf (see also Solomon Sea). It is part of today's Morobe Province, Papua New Guinea."
"Tami Islands, off the Huon Peninsula, Papua New Guinea: In the days before European contact, its natives were known throughout the Solomon and South Sea islands for their distinctive wooden bowls, their cult figure carvings, and their ceremonial masks. During World War II, the islands were briefly occupied by the Japanese; Tami Islands were secured after the landings and Nassau Bay, Lae and Nadzab."
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tami_Islands
Regional Trade
"Islanders specialized in elaborately carved bowls. These were often used for bridal wealth payments throughout the islands, part of a 200 miles (322 km) regional exchange reaching as far as the Caroline and Solomon Islands.[6] The islanders still make their livings in fishing and the production of these bowls, intricately woven sleeping mats, and delicate carvings, and tourism. The evidence of the regional trade is visible in the physiognomy of the inhabitants, who resemble in their facial structure the islanders of New Britain. Islanders will typically paint themselves with blue and pink paint.[4]"
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tami_Islands
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
"The Tami Islands are a small island group located seven nautical miles SSE of Finschhafen in the Huon Gulf (see also Solomon Sea). It is part of today's Morobe Province, Papua New Guinea."
"Tami Islands, off the Huon Peninsula, Papua New Guinea: In the days before European contact, its natives were known throughout the Solomon and South Sea islands for their distinctive wooden bowls, their cult figure carvings, and their ceremonial masks. During World War II, the islands were briefly occupied by the Japanese; Tami Islands were secured after the landings and Nassau Bay, Lae and Nadzab."
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tami_Islands
Regional Trade
"Islanders specialized in elaborately carved bowls. These were often used for bridal wealth payments throughout the islands, part of a 200 miles (322 km) regional exchange reaching as far as the Caroline and Solomon Islands.[6] The islanders still make their livings in fishing and the production of these bowls, intricately woven sleeping mats, and delicate carvings, and tourism. The evidence of the regional trade is visible in the physiognomy of the inhabitants, who resemble in their facial structure the islanders of New Britain. Islanders will typically paint themselves with blue and pink paint.[4]"
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tami_Islands
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