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Identifier: historyofmankind01ratz (find matches)
Title: The history of mankind
Year: 1896 (1890s)
Authors: Ratzel, Friedrich, 1844-1904 Butler, Arthur John, 1844-1910
Subjects: Ethnology Anthropology
Publisher: London, Macmillan and co., ltd. New York, The Macmillan co.
Contributing Library: Wellesley College Library
Digitizing Sponsor: Wellesley College Library
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use. The industrial activity of the Melanesians is in some points behind, in manyothers in advance of that of the Polynesians. Weapons reach their highestdevelopment in the Solomon Islands ; the artistically beautiful spears of Faurohave been spoken of with full justice. New Caledonia, parts of New Guinea,and the Admiralty Islands hold in many respects a lower position ; while manynatives of the southern and central Pacific have no knowledge of pottery. FromNew Guinea to the Fiji Islands vessels are freely made of clay mixed with sand.This art is absent in New Ireland and New Britain, but reaches its highest pointin Fiji. Finsch mentions villages on Hall Sound in New Guinea, where onestock understands pottery and another does not. On the north coast Bilibilidoes a thriving trade as the centre of this industry in Astrolabe Bay by exportingits manufactures. In the New Hebrides the potters art must have died out ;in Vate not one complete pot is now to be found, but only potsherds. This R
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Utensils from Hawaii (Arning Collection, Berlin Museum) : i. Calabash-carrier of coco-nut fibre. 2, 3. Cala-bashes with pattern burnt in, stoppered with conus shells. 4. Beaters of kanila wood. 5. Stamping sticksfor tapa. 6. Oil lamps of lava. 7. Decoration for chiefs, a sling of human hair with carved cachalotstooth. 8. Necklace of similar teeth from Fiji. 9-12. Straw plaiting, probably a modern importation.1-8, one-fifth to one-sixth ; 9-12, one-half real size. LABOUR, DWELLINGS, AND FOOD IN OCEANIA 243 retrogression has been set down to the immigrating Polynesians, who haveintroduced the custom of cooking with hot stones. The highest points to whichthe earthenware industry has developed are found in New Guinea and the FijiIslands, which are precisely the extreme points of its distribution. The Mela-nesians do not know the potters wheel, but they burn their vessels cleverly in theopen with dry grass and reeds. The Fijian tools are a ring-shaped cushion (in NewGuinea the upper part o
The Solomon Islands is a country in the Pacific Ocean, located east of Papua New Guinea. The islands have a long history of human habitation, with evidence of human settlements dating back at least 30,000 years. The first known European contact with the Solomon Islands came in 1568, when the Spanish navigator Álvaro de Mendaña de Neira visited the islands. The Solomon Islands were subsequently visited by a number of European explorers, including the British navigator Captain James Cook, who visited the islands in 1774. Once a British protectorate, the Solomon Islands achieved independence as a republic in 1978. Honiara, on the north coast of Guadalcanal Island, is Solomon Islands’ capital and largest city. The country consists of a group of islands that are divided into six main island groups: the Western, Choiseul, Central, Makira, Guadalcanal, and Isabel provinces. The largest and most populous island is Guadalcanal, where the country's capital, Honiara, is located. The Solomon Islands have a total land area of 28,400 square kilometers and a total coastline of 5,313 kilometers. The country is largely mountainous and is covered by tropical rainforests. The climate is tropical, with high temperatures and high humidity throughout the year. The Solomon Islands are also located in an active seismic and volcanic region, with several active volcanoes and frequent earthquakes. The population is primarily Melanesian, with smaller numbers of Polynesian, Micronesian, and Chinese people.