In Vaitape, this air-conditioned gallery carries excellent quality woodcarvings and stone carvings from the Marquesas, tivaivai quilts, pillow cases, pottery, tapa cloth, and paintings by local artists. Black pearls, too, of course. Open daily from 9am to 6pm.

Copyright: Excerpted from Frommer's Tahiti & French Polynesia, 2nd Edition, (c) 2008, Wiley Publishing, Inc.

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