Lived Palmerston Island, Cook Islands. Adopted son of John Simona Marsters.
Marsters, Tio, active 1960
Tio Marsters and John James Marsters working on the keel of cutter 'Melbourne', on Palm...
Date: 1960
From: Burland, John Colles, 1926- :Colour transparencies of Rarotonga, Aitutaki, Mangaia and Palmerston Island, 1960
Reference: PA12-0516-01
Description: Tio Marsters and John James Marsters, watched by an unidentified small boy, working on the keel of the Second Family cutter 'Melbourne'. Photograph taken on Palmerston Island in 1960 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