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Handbook to the ethnographical collections . Fui. 14. — Ornament taken from Ijiril-Iife ;.New Georgia, Solomon Islands. personal adornment, since it seems certain that the primarymotive of embellishment is the desire to attract members ofthe opposite sex, and that it thus forms an important aid tosexual selection. It is true that this subject belongs in partto each of the sections into which this introduction is divided ;since many material objects are manufactured and used forpurposes of personal adornment, and it has been proved thatmuch jewellery is in its origin anuiletic, servin
Handbook to the ethnographical collections . Fui. 14. — Ornament taken from Ijiril-Iife ;.New Georgia, Solomon Islands. personal adornment, since it seems certain that the primarymotive of embellishment is the desire to attract members ofthe opposite sex, and that it thus forms an important aid tosexual selection. It is true that this subject belongs in partto each of the sections into which this introduction is divided ;since many material objects are manufactured and used forpurposes of personal adornment, and it has been proved thatmuch jewellery is in its origin anuiletic, serving to protect A concrete instance ol toteniic organization is given on p. 11-i in con-nection with Australia. 22 INTRODUCTION. Fig. 15.—Ornament taken from the insect world and and bowl of BuSliongo pipe. Congo State. INTHODUCTION 23
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