Davenport, Cyril, 1848-1941 · London : Constable · leaf 23
Battas of Sumatra use different and probably moreelaborate messages, as theyconsist of carefully cut stripsof wood, resembling the oldspillikins with which our child-hoods days were made happy.These strips of thin wood,about three inches in length,are cut into various shapeswhich have no obvious… … Fig. 7. a series of little EARLY RECORDS. 11 meant that if she didnt sweep up the wigwam before hisarrival she would experience the effect of one or other ofthe clubs. The Incas of Peru had a regular system of keepingrecords by means of coloured pieces of string knotted in apeculiar way. These…
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