purua

Updated: January 10, 2026

This paste she wrapped in purua leaves and set to bake in a native oven of rocks that stood near the pit. Apporo smoked cigarettes while it baked, perhaps to measure the time. Marquesans mark off the minutes by cigarettes, saying, "I will do so-and-so in three cigarettes," or, "It is two cigarettes from my house to his."

Frederick O'Brien - White Shadows in the South Seas