The Mangaia stand at the Trade Fair
Proud mother looks on from the sidelines ....
The Trade Day Team
The Mangaia team started preparation for the Trade Day on Thursday evening, tying kikau around the six posts of the allocated area for our booth, in readiness for Friday morning.
At 5.00am, Friday we started setting up the booth - three tables, two tree branches, and two wooden rails - to display our craft work from Mangaia. The goods on display included stone pounders, stone adzes, stone necklaces and ear rings, pandanus mats, hats, and kete.Other craftwork included kikau baskets, flower headbands, spears, pareu, quilts, pillow cases, rag dolls, ei pupu, ava flowers, shell ei's, walking sticks, tipi-papa, (pandanus leaves on reels) etc.
We managed to sell over $7,000 worth of craft.
The goods on display from Mangaia were far in excess of anything else on display and Mangaia was awarded the trophy for the best stand of the fair.
Presentation of the award.
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