VICE-REGAL VISIT TO WESTERN SAMOA AND THE TOKELAU GROUP.—TOP: The Governor-General and Lady Cobham being carried ashore over the coral reef at Atafu Island, in the Tokelau Group. In the background is the New Zealand cruiser Royalist, which brought their Excellencies to the island. BOTTOM: Samoans who took part in the King’s kava ceremony in honour of Lord Cobham, who accepted a cup of the beverage. The girl in the group prepared the kava. Her headdress is decorated with pieces of glass and feathers. Her necklace represents shark’s teeth. The men with her chanted during the ceremony.
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Press, Volume XCVIII, Issue 28980, 22 August 1959, Page 4
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97VICE-REGAL VISIT TO WESTERN SAMOA AND THE TOKELAU GROUP.—TOP: The Governor-General and Lady Cobham being carried ashore over the coral reef at Atafu Island, in the Tokelau Group. In the background is the New Zealand cruiser Royalist, which brought their Excellencies to the island. BOTTOM: Samoans who took part in the King’s kava ceremony in honour of Lord Cobham, who accepted a cup of the beverage. The girl in the group prepared the kava. Her headdress is decorated with pieces of glass and feathers. Her necklace represents shark’s teeth. The men with her chanted during the ceremony. Press, Volume XCVIII, Issue 28980, 22 August 1959, Page 4
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