Tannese

Chief Wan and his followers believe that Christian influences threaten Tannese kastom; that children should not go to school, and that John Frum will arrive.

John Frum is given his marching orders 2001

The movement snowballed after the Second World War when the Tannese returned to their villages after working for American forces.

John Frum is given his marching orders 2001

Before we could catch our breaths a swarm of black Tannese was alongside and aboard -- grinning, apelike creatures, with kinky hair and troubled eyes, wearing safety-pins and clay-pipes in their slitted ears: and as for the rest, wearing nothing behind and less than that before.

Chapter 14 1913

On the whole, the culture of the Tannese is low; there is no braiding or carving, and the ornaments worn consist only of a few bracelets and necklaces, with an occasional nose-stick; the only conspicuous feature are ear-rings of tortoise-shell, of which as many as a dozen may hang in one ear.

Two Years with the Natives in the Western Pacific Felix Speiser 1914

Tannese do not know how to make large pieces, but are satisfied with narrow strips, used as belts by the men, and prettily painted in black and red.

Two Years with the Natives in the Western Pacific Felix Speiser 1914

Before we could catch our breaths a swarm of black Tannese was alongside and aboard -- grinning, apelike creatures, with kinky hair and troubled eyes, wearing safety-pins and clay-pipes in their slitted ears: and as for the rest, wearing nothing behind and less than that before.

Chapter 14 1911

Before we could catch our breaths a swarm of black Tannese were alongside and aboard - grinning, ape-like creatures, with kinky hair and troubled eyes, wearing safety-pins and clay pipes in their slitted ears, and as for the rest wearing nothing behind and less than that before.

The Amateur Navigator 1910

_ Yams are the principal fruits cultivated by the Tannese, who bestow a great deal of labour on the plantation and keep them in fine order.

The Belief in Immortality and the Worship of the Dead, Volume I (of 3) The Belief Among the Aborigines of Australia, the Torres Straits Islands, New Guinea and Melanesia James George Frazer 1897

Gray, "Some Notes on the Tannese," _Internationales Archiv für

The Belief in Immortality and the Worship of the Dead, Volume I (of 3) The Belief Among the Aborigines of Australia, the Torres Straits Islands, New Guinea and Melanesia James George Frazer 1897

Yet, a large number of Tanna men, living on really well - conducted plantations, owned by good men, might lead to a nucleus of Christian Tannese.

Life of John Coleridge Patteson Yonge, Charlotte M 1873