The cultural heritage of Santa Isabel

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Teeth straps

In most Isabel languages these straps with teeth woven onto them are called rade or grade. The teeth are of cuscus (“possum”) teeth, bat teeth or dolphin teeth – though some people today talk loosely about ‘dolphin teeth’ even though… Continue Reading →

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