Lived on Palmerston Atoll, Cook Islands. Son of Richard OK Marsters and Anne Marsters. Died 1990.
Marsters, John Simona, -1990
John Simona Marsters processing copra, Palmerston Atoll
Date: 1960
From: Burland, John Colles, 1926- :Colour transparencies of Rarotonga, Aitutaki, Mangaia and Palmerston Island, 1960
Reference: PA12-0513-24
Description: John Simona Marsters processing copra on Palmerston Atoll. Photograph taken in 1990 by John Colles Burland. Quantity: 1 colour original transparency/ies. Physical Description: 35mm colour slide
John Simona Marsters, front, and Tio Marsters, grating arrowroot into wooden troughs, o...
Date: 1960
From: Burland, John Colles, 1926- :Colour transparencies of Rarotonga, Aitutaki, Mangaia and Palmerston Island, 1960
Reference: PA12-0518-02
Description: John Simona Marsters, front, and Tio Marsters of the Second Family grating arrowroot into large wooden troughs hand-adzed from tamanu trunks. The arrowroot gratings, highly poisonous initially, need to be washed many times before the remaining powder can be used for cooking. Photograph taken Palmerston Island in 1960 by John Colles Burland. Quantity: 1 colour original transparency/ies. Physical Description: 35mm colour slide