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Abb. 106. Die Teile der 5 Mattenarten

Abb 114. Weitere Muster auf den gennanten Matten.

Sarfert, Kusae (Beitrag A. Kramer), Tafel 32; Tol-Matten 16-17 riel-Art, 18-20 sifuenfok-Art

Samoan Dance

61 year old Chamorro woman on Saipan looks over some of the photographs being displayed by T/Sgt. Don Brown [See "more images" below for complete caption]

Native women wash clothes in a small crater on Guam.

The films which circulated in great numbers during the war introduced many Islanders to new and more graphic images of Western culture.[See "more images" below for complete caption]

Sarfert, Kusae (Beitrag A. Kramer), Tafel 29; Tol-Matten 1-5 menkof-Art

Sarfert, Kusae (Beitrag A. Kramer), Tafel 30; Tol-Matten 6-10 menkof-Art

Sarfert, Kusae (Beitrag A. Kramer), Tafel 31; Tol-Matten 11-15 menkof-Art

Tol-Matten. 26-29 fenjemfon-Art.

Hambruch, Ponape, Tafel 19

Vue dans les Iles Radak

Queen Ka’ahumanu with her servant on rug

Iles Sandwich Maisons de Kraimokoi (Kalanimoku's houses)

Iles Carolines; Interieur d' un maison l'ile Radak

Archipel des Carolines; Vue de l' Ile Radak

Fadeknupfendes Madchen. Kusaie

Four Fais men sort newly acquired American money with advice from U.S. Marines. [See "more images" below for complete caption]

Gift-giving druing the war flowed two ways, and many Islanders recall the presents they gave to Allied and Japanese servicemen. [See "more images" below for complete caption]

In return, "in the name of Admiral Nimitz," the Naval officeres present Islanders with a pile of military supplies including cigarettes, cigars, spools of thread, knives, and caramel candy.

Tongans sail out to the USS Enterprise to sell or trade beads, shells, grass skirts, and mats to the sailors.

Island images of military outsiders were shaped by American films and magazines that flooded the Pacific during the war. [See "more images" below for complete caption]

[Island Encounters 2-0129]