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Three Seabees (including two black Americans) barter with local traders for fruit, betel nut, walking sticks, and grass skirts

Many Islanders quickly became aware of the trade potential of their traditional arts.

MARINE MODEL. . .Bedecked, withh five-and-ten jewelry, grass skirt, walking-cane and with a nickel cigar in his mouth, this Marine artillery-man shows the natives of this South Pacific Island what a Hollywood native looks like. [See "more images" below for complete caption]

Lt. Geo A. Rollinsk, supply officer of 193 Inf. dickers with three natives with canes, grass skirts, et cetera, to sell.