Evolution in art : as illustrated by the life-histories of designs (1902)
Haddon, Alfred C. (Alfred Cort), 1855-1940 · London : W. Scott ; New York : C. Scribner's · leaf 71
lime calabashes) arebartered from the Woodlark Islands, the inhabitants ofwhich with their large sea-going canoes undertake extensivetrading voyages. ... At all events Trobriand is visited fromNormanby, Welle [a small island close by the latter] and Wood-lark Islands, for the Trobrianders… … *^ exhibits various simple band patterns which are scratchedwith fork-like bamboo instruments, and which serve not forornament but as trade marks. Thus here also each womanhas her own mark with which she signs her fabrication.^Ihe pottery has an extended sale as far as the DEntre-casteaux and to…
Decoration and ornament · Art, Primitive
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