Text Box: LEAF HOUSE VILLAGE Epi Island, Vanuatu 60 x 76 cm / 24” x 30” Acrylics on Canvas Text Box: Where there is no possibility of imported materials, all construction is of wood, leaf and vine. Walls are of woven leaf panels, roofs of pandanus, floors are dirt and houses contain no furniture. Though pigs and chickens usually roam freely, flowers are very important, as are the vegetable and fruit gardens. Wealth is usually measured in numbers of cows and pigs, and in many societies, it is still customary to pay a price to the bride’s father, assessed in livestock, shell-money and real money. Text Box:

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