Ngatu, the Tongan cloth that keeps the record
By Catherine Jacobi A comet, a schoolboy king and a Spitfire named for a queen: how the women of Tonga turned barkcloth into a record of the moments their islands chose to remember. Photo: James Alcock, 2023. © Australian Museum. On the morning of June 9, 2023, two cranes lifted a heavy roll from the […]