Link to photographs taken by Dr. S. Lambert in 1939, now at the archives of the University of California–San Diego. See Lambert, S. M. (1941) A Yankee Doctor in Paradise. Boston: Little, Brown and Company.
https://libraries.ucsd.edu/digital/#search&q=sikaiana
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Below are photos are from the Templeton Crocker Expedition, which visited Sikaiana in 1933.
- Tuana, the appointed chief, note arm tattoos
- Loom weaving
- House under construction
- Tuana’s wife. Note tattoo
- Note belly tattoo. The woman is wearing a loom made belt (taakai)