. A voyage round the world [microform] : but more particularly to the north-west coast of America, performed in 1785, 1786, 1787 and 1788, in the King George and Queen Charlotte, Captains Portlock and Dixon : dedicated, by permission to Sir Joseph Banks, Voyages round the world; Botany; Botanique. 2/2 A VOYAGE TO THE. 1787. a narrow border of red and yellow feathers, the reft being covered Sq)te,nber. ^.^^^ feathers of the tropic and man of war bird. Nor are thefe caps and cloaks, though confefTedly elegant in a fuperior degree, the only proofs of invention and ingenuity fhewn by thefe
. A voyage round the world [microform] : but more particularly to the north-west coast of America, performed in 1785, 1786, 1787 and 1788, in the King George and Queen Charlotte, Captains Portlock and Dixon : dedicated, by permission to Sir Joseph Banks, Voyages round the world; Botany; Botanique. 2/2 A VOYAGE TO THE. 1787. a narrow border of red and yellow feathers, the reft being covered Sq)te,nber. ^.^^^ feathers of the tropic and man of war bird. Nor are thefe caps and cloaks, though confefTedly elegant in a fuperior degree, the only proofs of invention and ingenuity fhewn by thefe people in matters of ornament. Their mats ar§ made with a degree of neatnefs equal to any of European manufafture, and prettily diverfified with a variety of figures ftained with red. Thofe ufed to fleep on are plain, and of a coarfer kind, but made with an equal degree of neatnefs and regularity. Cloth is another article which gives thefe Indians equal fcope for fancy and invention. It is made fromf|| Chinefe paper mul- berry-tree, and when wet, (being of a foft, malleable fubftance) is beat out with fmall fquare pieces of wood, to from twelve to eighteen inches wide, and afterwards damped with various colours and a diverfity of patterns, the neatnefs and elegance of which would not difgrace the window of a London linen-draper. How this cloth is ftamped I never could learn ; the different co- lours are extrafted from vegetables found in the woods. There is another kind of cloth much finer than the above, and beat out to a greater extent: it is of a white colour, and frequently wore by the Aree women, in addition to the ahou. Fans and fly-flaps are ufcd by both fexes. The fans are ufually made of the cocoa-nut fibres, neatly wove j the mounting is of a fquare form, and the handle frequently de- corated with hair. The fly-flaps are very curious; the handles are decorated with alternate pieces of wood and bone, which at a diftance. Please note that these images are extracted fro
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