. Cotton . South Sea Island tapa .or pounded bark cloth and implements used in its manufacture and decoration. This technique and type of design surely suggests a textile origin. (American Museum of Natural History). [4] A BRIEF NARRATIVE OF A GREAT FIBRE may have existed an uninterrupted chain of islands between the main-land of Asia and the mountain-guarded desert coast of the land ofthe Incas. In support of this interesting theory are certain records of civiliza-tion in the still existing Pacific Islands. There are myths, significantcustoms and fragments of arts that are at least suggestive
. Cotton . South Sea Island tapa .or pounded bark cloth and implements used in its manufacture and decoration. This technique and type of design surely suggests a textile origin. (American Museum of Natural History). [4] A BRIEF NARRATIVE OF A GREAT FIBRE may have existed an uninterrupted chain of islands between the main-land of Asia and the mountain-guarded desert coast of the land ofthe Incas. In support of this interesting theory are certain records of civiliza-tion in the still existing Pacific Islands. There are myths, significantcustoms and fragments of arts that are at least suggestive. In support of the theory of a double origin is the fact that the cot-ton plant in endless varieties of wild forms is found all over thetropical and semi-tropical world; and it must be fully admitted thatthe curious nature of the opening boll, the contrast of its whitenessto the surrounding plant colors, would always attract the attention ofprimitive man in his endless quest for fibres to make a cord. It is also perhaps truthfully stated, given the cotton fibre and abasic definite type of loom (such as the two-barred loom) plus incen-tive to progress, that two peoples, if allowed time sufficient, mightindepe
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