Anne Sydenham on the Solomon Islands

Great post by our friend Anne. With photos. Made me think back fondly to my childhood in the Fiji Islands.Solomon Islands culture, with its bloodthirsty past was typified by the deity Nguzunguzu who is represented as carrying a skull (for war) or a bird (for peace). Used as a figurehead on head hunting canoes, Nguzunguzu's image is common. At the bishop's house, in the dining room, there was a very fine carving of Nguzunguzu carrying a bird. He is also on the Solomon Island dollar coin.