Tomako
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Tomako or tomoko is a large war canoe from the Solomon Islands. The name "tomako" is used in New Georgia in the Roviana language. It is also known as magoru in Marovo, niabara in Vella Lavella, mon in
1960 stamp from the British Solomon Islands showing the prow of a tomako
Woodcut illustration of a tomako stored in a paele (c. 1889)
An ornamented tomako (c. 1918)
A tomako from Santa Isabel Island (c. 1909)
Maluku Islands
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The Maluku Islands or the Moluccas are an archipelago in the eastern part of Indonesia. Tectonically they are located on the Halmahera Plate within the Molucca Sea Collision Zone. Geographically locat
Drawing of Ternate by a presumably Dutch artist. Inset shows Saint John Baptist Portuguese-built fort on the island
An orembai, a common traditional sailing vessel of the Maluku Islands
Fort Duurstede in Saparua, 1846
Tanimbar warriors