National association of cotton manufacturers · [s.l. : National Association of Cotton Manufacturers] · leaf 15
South Sea Island tapa .or pounded bark cloth and implements used in its manufacture and decoration. This technique and type of design surely suggests a textile origin. (American Museum of Natural History) … [4] A BRIEF NARRATIVE OF A GREAT FIBRE may have existed an uninterrupted chain of islands between the main-land of Asia and the mountain-guarded desert coast of the land ofthe Incas. In support of this interesting theory are certain records of civiliza-tion in the still existing Pacific Islands.…
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