Brent Stephenson / Polynesian Triller (Lalage maculosa) perched amongst tree branches. Niue, Polynesia, November.

Tim Laman / Stone walls and other features at a ancient Polynesian archaelogical site in Hatiheu Valley, Nuku Hiva, Marquesas Islands, French Polynesia, July 2006

Tim Laman / Polynesian petroglyph or rock carving on the island of Fatu Hiva, Marquesas Islands, French Polynesia, July 2006

Tim Laman / Polynesian rock art, Puamau site on Hiva Oa, French Polynesia, July 2006

Tim Laman / Stone walls and other features at a ancient Polynesian archaelogical site in Hatiheu Valley, Nuku Hiva, Marquesas Islands, French Polynesia, July 2006

Tim Laman / Stone walls and other features at a ancient Polynesian archaelogical site in Hatiheu Valley, Nuku Hiva, Marquesas Islands, French Polynesia, July 2006

Michele Westmorland / Village children performing in music and dance performance on Santa Ana Island, Solomon Islands. Santa Ana has a mixture of Melanesian and Polynesian traditions. They are famous for their pan pipes an...

Michele Westmorland / Man using two colours of mud for body decoration during traditional dance performance on Santa Ana Island, Solomon Islands. Santa Ana has a mixture of Melanesian and Polynesian traditions. They are fa...

Michele Westmorland / Men using two colours of mud for body decoration during traditional dance performance on Santa Ana Island, Solomon Islands. Santa Ana has a mixture of Melanesian and Polynesian traditions. They are fa...

Michele Westmorland / Men using two colours of mud for body decoration during traditional dance performance on Santa Ana Island, Solomon Islands. Santa Ana has a mixture of Melanesian and Polynesian traditions. They are fa...

Michele Westmorland / Village children performing in music and dance performance on Santa Ana Island, Solomon Islands. Santa Ana has a mixture of Melanesian and Polynesian traditions. They are famous for their pan pipes an...

Michele Westmorland / Village children performing in music and dance performance on Santa Ana Island, Solomon Islands. Santa Ana has a mixture of Melanesian and Polynesian traditions. They are famous for their pan pipes an...

Michele Westmorland / Men using two colours of mud for body decoration during traditional dance performance on Santa Ana Island, Solomon Islands. Santa Ana has a mixture of Melanesian and Polynesian traditions. They are fa...

Michele Westmorland / Woman performing in music and dance performance on Santa Ana Island, Solomon Islands. Santa Ana has a mixture of Melanesian and Polynesian traditions. They are famous for their pan pipes and perform a...

Michele Westmorland / Men using two colours of mud for body decoration during traditional dance performance on Santa Ana Island, Solomon Islands. Santa Ana has a mixture of Melanesian and Polynesian traditions. They are fa...

Michele Westmorland / Village children performing in music and dance performance on Santa Ana Island, Solomon Islands. Santa Ana has a mixture of Melanesian and Polynesian traditions. They are famous for their pan pipes an...

Michele Westmorland / Rear view of Woman at music and dance performance on Santa Ana Island, Solomon Islands. Santa Ana has a mixture of Melanesian and Polynesian traditions. They are famous for their pan pipes and perform...

Michele Westmorland / Men using two colours of mud for body decoration during traditional dance performance on Santa Ana Island, Solomon Islands. Santa Ana has a mixture of Melanesian and Polynesian traditions. They are fa...

Michele Westmorland / Men using two colours of mud for body decoration during traditional dance performance on Santa Ana Island, Solomon Islands. Santa Ana has a mixture of Melanesian and Polynesian traditions. They are fa...

Michele Westmorland / Rrear view of woman at music and dance performance on Santa Ana Island, Solomon Islands. Santa Ana has a mixture of Melanesian and Polynesian traditions. They are famous for their pan pipes and perfor...

Michele Westmorland / Women performing in music and dance performance on Santa Ana Island, Solomon Islands. Santa Ana has a mixture of Melanesian and Polynesian traditions. They are famous for their pan pipes and perform a...

Michele Westmorland / Men using two colours of mud for body decoration during traditional dance performance on Santa Ana Island, Solomon Islands. Santa Ana has a mixture of Melanesian and Polynesian traditions. They are fa...

Michele Westmorland / Woman at music and dance performance on Santa Ana Island, Solomon Islands. Santa Ana has a mixture of Melanesian and Polynesian traditions. They are famous for their pan pipes and perform a Mako Mako...

Michele Westmorland / Men using two colours of mud for body decoration during traditional dance performance on Santa Ana Island, Solomon Islands. Santa Ana has a mixture of Melanesian and Polynesian traditions. They are fa...

Michele Westmorland / Man performing in music and dance performance on Santa Ana Island, Solomon Islands. Santa Ana has a mixture of Melanesian and Polynesian traditions. They are famous for their pan pipes and perform a M...

Michele Westmorland / Men using two colours of mud for body decoration during traditional dance performance on Santa Ana Island, Solomon Islands. Santa Ana has a mixture of Melanesian and Polynesian traditions. They are fa...

Michele Westmorland / Women performing in music and dance performance on Santa Ana Island, Solomon Islands. Santa Ana has a mixture of Melanesian and Polynesian traditions. They are famous for their pan pipes and perform a...

Michele Westmorland / Men using two colours of mud for body decoration during traditional dance performance on Santa Ana Island, Solomon Islands. Santa Ana has a mixture of Melanesian and Polynesian traditions. They are fa...

Michele Westmorland / Man performing in music and dance performance on Santa Ana Island, Solomon Islands. Santa Ana has a mixture of Melanesian and Polynesian traditions. They are famous for their pan pipes and perform a M...

Michele Westmorland / Man performing in music and dance performance on Santa Ana Island, Solomon Islands. Santa Ana has a mixture of Melanesian and Polynesian traditions. They are famous for their pan pipes and perform a M...

Michele Westmorland / Men using two colours of mud for body decoration during traditional dance performance on Santa Ana Island, Solomon Islands. Santa Ana has a mixture of Melanesian and Polynesian traditions. They are fa...

Michele Westmorland / Men using two colours of mud for body decoration during traditional dance performance on Santa Ana Island, Solomon Islands. Santa Ana has a mixture of Melanesian and Polynesian traditions. They are fa...

Tim Laman / Polynesian stone carvings in a small village on Ua Huka Island, Marquesas Islands, French Polynesia.

Tim Laman / Stone wall from ancient Polynesian ruin on Nuku Hiva Island, Marquesas Islands, French Polynesia

Tim Laman / Polynesian archeaological site in Hatiheu, Nuku Hiva Island, with ancient stone platform and some modern replicas of carvings. Marquesas Islands, French Polynesia

Rod Williams / Polynesian tree snail {Partula tohiveana} captive, extinct in wild, from Moorea Island, Tahiti, French Polynesia

Mark Moffett / Red Palm Weevil (Rhynchophorus ferrugineus) larvae roasted eaten by Kutapae boy, Hala, Papua New Guinea

Mark Moffett / Red Palm Weevil (Rhynchophorus ferrugineus) larvae in leaf cooked by Kutapae family, Hala, Papua New Guinea

Mark Moffett / Red Palm Weevil (Rhynchophorus ferrugineus) larvae cooked by Kutapae family, Hala, Papua New Guinea

Onne van der Wal / Polynesian children beside a traditional boat, smiling for the camera in the Marquesas Islands, French Polynesia.

Onne van der Wal / Traditional Polynesian statues in the Marquesas Islands, French Polynesia.

Roberto Rinaldi / A traditional wooden canoe on the beach on the French Polynesian Society Island of Huahine.

Roberto Rinaldi / Black lipped pearl oyster (Pinctada margaritifera) that produces the Polynesian black pearl, French Polynesia.

Roberto Rinaldi / A black pearl sitting in a freshly opened oyster shell. The Polynesian black pearl is created only by the Giant blacklipped oyster (Pinctada margaritifera), which thrives in the Tuamotu lagoons, Frenc...

Tim Laman / Polynesian Triller (Lalage maculosa) in rainforest, Taveuni Island, Fiji

Rod Williams / Polynesian tree snail {Partula tohiveana} captive, extinct in wild, from Moorea Island, Tahiti, French Polynesia