Tikopia is a volcanic island in Temotu Province, in the independent nation of Solomon Islands, southwestern Pacific Ocean. Although most of Solomon Islands is Melanesian, Tikopia is …

Tikopia is a “Polynesian outlier,” meaning that its people are linguistically, culturally, and physically Polynesian, although their home lies outside of what we normally think of as the …

Place: Tikopia Island Details. Tikopia Island is an isolated, small but high (Mt. Reani reaches 380 metres) Polynesian outlier island in the far southeast of the Solomons. The island is a remnant …

2020年10月6日 · Tikopia Collection. The Tikopia Collection is a collection of approximately 550 objects collected by James Spillius from the island of Tikopia, Solomon Islands in 1952 and …

On the sea-facing side of the house (mataa paito, lit. “eye of the house”) family dead are buried inside the house, each grave a mound covered by a mat. The whole length of this side of most …

2017年12月26日 · Literally ‘te maro’ refers to cover for body or clothes but its purpose is to cover someone from the ailments or to show that they are well taken care of by their uncles or …

Traditionally, Tikopia men practiced crafts of canoe building and other woodwork, net-making, and extraction of turmeric pigment, while women wove mats of coconut palm leaf and pandanus …

2023年12月10日 · It is a practice whereby a Tikopian gives traditional mats, tapa and raw food to their ‘tama tapu’ who is usually a nephew or niece (i.e child of a sister). When a girl marries …

Tikopia is a little, isolated, high island, primarily an extinct volcano with fringing coral reef, rising to a peak of 350 meters but extending only 4.6 square kilometers. It is in the southeast of the …

Tikopia is a volcanic island in Temotu Province, in the independent nation of Solomon Islands, southwestern Pacific Ocean. Although most of Solomon Islands is Melanesian , Tikopia is …