If you live on a small, isolated island, you have to be self-sufficient.
This means producing not only your own food, housing and clothing, but
all the furnishings of life. If your small isolated island has a limited
number of usable materials, you also become expert at using these materials
in many ways.
Until recently, people of Duff Islands made virtually everything they
needed for daily life. They still manufacture most of their own
containers, building materials, etc. As plastic and other imported goods
replace traditional hand-made ones, skills of weaving, cord-making,
carving, etc., could easily die out. In order to help keep the Taumako
tradition of fine craftwork alive we are offering some hand-made items
for sale. If you want to order any of the products listed below, please
refer to them by the catalog code in parenthesis (for example:
KETE 1). All prices are in $U.S. and include
shipping to the United States and Canada. For shipping prices to
other places, please contact us directly.
vaka@aloha.net
Make check or money order to The Vaka Taumako Project, and mail it to
Vaka Taumako Project, P.O. Box 662224, Lihue, HI, 96766, U.S.A.
You will find ordering information
at the end of this page.
