lava-lavas

But more precious than the entire collection is another head, perfectly dried and cured, with sandy hair and a yellowish beard, which is kept wrapped in the finest of fibre lava-lavas.

MAUKI 2010

Here, among the graves on the beach, lightly clad in ahu's and lava-lavas, flower - crowned and garlanded, with great phosphorescent hibiscus blossoms in their hair, youths and maidens were dancing.

THE FEATHERS OF THE SUN 2010

They had been down to the Balesuna making an alligator trap, and, instead of trousers, were clad in lava-lavas that flapped gracefully about their stalwart limbs.

Chapter 8 2010

Breech-clouts, lava-lavas, and bare legs were not tolerated.

A GOBOTO NIGHT 2010

At her heels ran two of her sailors, Papehara and Mahameme, in scarlet lava-lavas, with naked sheath-knives gleaming in their belts.

Chapter 13 2010

As he waxes older and fatter and takes four wives, Mauki is especially proud of his collection of heads, including the one with sandy hair and yellowing beard kept wrapped in the finest of fibre lava-lavas.

“Some day, all the fools will be dead....” 2008

I should say the gifts were, on the proper signal, dragged out of the field of food by a troop of young men, all with their lava-lavas kilted almost into a loin-cloth.

Vailima Letters 2005

Many a Raider cast his inquisitive eyes on the native shower stall, hoping to catch more than a glimpse only to be disappointed as the women, according to Guidone, “made skillful use of their lava-lavas, showering very well without exposing very much of their bodies.”

The Do-or-Die Men George W. Smith 2003

Many a Raider cast his inquisitive eyes on the native shower stall, hoping to catch more than a glimpse only to be disappointed as the women, according to Guidone, “made skillful use of their lava-lavas, showering very well without exposing very much of their bodies.”

The Do-or-Die Men George W. Smith 2003

Many a Raider cast his inquisitive eyes on the native shower stall, hoping to catch more than a glimpse only to be disappointed as the women, according to Guidone, “made skillful use of their lava-lavas, showering very well without exposing very much of their bodies.”

The Do-or-Die Men George W. Smith 2003