Le Sculpteur de Tokobuei. Mers du Sud

A shirtless Pacific Islander man sits cross-legged on the ground, wearing a blue loincloth and a woven headband decorated with red and white flowers, carving a small wooden figure held in his hand with a knife. Beside him on a low, triangular-patterned bench sits a carved wooden statuette of a seated figure with raised knees, next to a shallow bowl holding two carved shell or bead forms; a pink patterned cloth lies on the ground in the right foreground. Behind him, an interior wall with paneled cabinetry gives way through an opening to a view of a blue sea, a small green island, and a yellow sky streaked with pink-orange clouds. Paul Jacoulet, "Le Sculpteur de Tokobuei. Mers du Sud," woodblock, 1954.