Pre-historic times: as illustrated by ancient remains and the manners and customs of modern savages (1900)
Lubbock, John, Sir, 1834-1913 · London, Edinburgh [etc.] : Williams and Norgate · leaf 568
last, though less ornamental,was more useful than either of the others,because it resisted water, which theydid not. All three kinds of cloth weremade in the same way, the difference South Sea Fish-hook,between them being only in the material. When the treeswere of a proper size, that is to say,… … * Forster, Observations made during a Voyage round the World,p. 463 ; Ellis, vol. ii. p. 288.t Ellis, vol. ii. pp. 179, 180, 454 BARK-CLOTH. soaked for some time in running water. After this, thegreen outside bark was carefully scraped off with a shell, andthe strips were laid out in the evening to…
Archaeology · Primitive societies
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