Hamlin, Alfred Dwight Foster, 1855-1926 · New York, The Century Co. · leaf 53
ng, or bysurface carving, so as to cover the whole or a majorpart of the object. (Figures 16, 20, 22, 23-27; Plate I, Nos. 4, 6, 8, 13, 15, 21, 23.) Here and there appearsa caricature of the head or body of a bird or beast (Plate II, 19, 20) ; or even the grotesque head of a man, as inFig. 30. The… … Fig. 30. War-drumHead, Java. land in the south. Second only tothese in interest is the art of theHawaiian, . Friendlj^ or Tonga,Samoan and Fiji Islands. Bas-ketry, weaving and wood-carvingare the chief artistic industries ofthese peoples; their pottery is unim-portant. Animism is everywhere…
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