. The history of mankind . ven the metallicwealth of America could not oust the use of stone, bones, and shells. In connec-tion with this important feature, we have already pointed out the commonprevalence of a definite type of economic life. We may refer once more tothe weapons; the encroachment of the Asiatic bow upon North and CentralAmerica or the similarity of the same weapon in South America and Xissan, in the Solomon Islands, a stone axe has lately been discoveredwith a chamfer running almost round, just like the American, and like themfastened into a piece of wood split in
. The history of mankind . ven the metallicwealth of America could not oust the use of stone, bones, and shells. In connec-tion with this important feature, we have already pointed out the commonprevalence of a definite type of economic life. We may refer once more tothe weapons; the encroachment of the Asiatic bow upon North and CentralAmerica or the similarity of the same weapon in South America and Xissan, in the Solomon Islands, a stone axe has lately been discoveredwith a chamfer running almost round, just like the American, and like themfastened into a piece of wood split into a fork. Probably many more finds ofthis sort will occur. Wicker armour and cuirasses, with protection for the neck,are most widely spread on the Asiatic and American borders of the Pacific ; butextend far into the island world of the tropics. Throwing-sticks were at one timethought to exist only among Australians and Eskimos ; now specimens are knownalso from Mexico and Brazil. In North-west America, as in many parts of. 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
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