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Woman on Funafuti, Tuvalu, then known as Ellice Islands

A photograph of a woman on Funafuti taken by Harry Clifford Fassett, the captain’s clerk on the 1889-1900 Pacific cruise of USFC Albatross. The traditional clothing of the women of Tuvalu was made from pandanus leaves.