Three women sit on a reed mat, surrounding a kava bowl, making kava. Later hand painting accentuates the flower in their hair, and the bright green of their garlands. An alternate view of the same scene, as a gelatin silver print, is found in Alfred James Tattersall's 1918 album "Samoa," located in the Museum of New Zealand, AL.000577.
Bibliography:
H. J. Moors, With Stevenson in Samoa. Boston: Small, Maynard & Company Publishers, 1910, pg. 171.
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