. The history of mankind . Maori girl. From photograph in the possession ofDr. Max Büchner.) i5o THE HISTORY OF MANKIND Oceania, especially in the Bismarck Archipelago, dancing-masks are used, withcurious ornamentation based upon the conventionalised figures of animals. Inone region we find otter and frog, beaver and hawk, arranged together ; in theother snake, lizard, fish, beetle, bird. The masks of New Ireland remind us toa striking degree of those used by the Haidas. Less importance is to be assignedto the fact that in both these cases the eyes, and the ornaments in the shapeof eyes, are m
. The history of mankind . Maori girl. From photograph in the possession ofDr. Max Büchner.) i5o THE HISTORY OF MANKIND Oceania, especially in the Bismarck Archipelago, dancing-masks are used, withcurious ornamentation based upon the conventionalised figures of animals. Inone region we find otter and frog, beaver and hawk, arranged together ; in theother snake, lizard, fish, beetle, bird. The masks of New Ireland remind us toa striking degree of those used by the Haidas. Less importance is to be assignedto the fact that in both these cases the eyes, and the ornaments in the shapeof eyes, are made with inlaid shell, than to the striking agreement in theconnection formed by the tongue dependent between the upper part, representing. Men of Ponapä in the Carolines. (From a photograph in the Godeffroy Album.) a broad animals head, and a second animal. This arrangement of animals headsin a row along the middle line reminds us of North America, no less than theeye-ornament, which is an essential element of the Pacific and American must indeed note that it is not always between races lying nearest to eachother that the closest relations prevail. On the other we meet agreements notmerely at single points, but running all through the groups. Thus not merelydoes the Dyak loom resemble that used by the Indians of North-west America ;the practice of head-hunting, the cult of skulls, the use of human hair for orna-ment, are common to both. The ornament of Malay fabrics is remarkably likethat of the early Americans. Among the Calchaquis of Northern Argentina wefind pottery painted with line drawings of birds, reptiles, and human faces, whichremind us of Peruvian, and no less, in selection and conventional treatme
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