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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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D MICRONESIA. 4-5,6. 7,8.9- IO, II.12, 13- Obsidian javelin : Admiralty Is-lands. Paddle : Solomon Islands. Chiefs spear : New Caledonia. Mancatcher : New Guinea. Lances: New Britain. (Thehandleof 5 is made of bone, probablythat of the cassowary.) Arrows: Humboldt Bay. War mask : New Caledonia. Arrows: Humboldt Bay. Lances : New Hanover. (12 ofbamboo.) 14. Spear with point of cassowary bone : New Guinea. 15. Mace used in dances: Bougain- ville. 16. Sword-club : New Britain. 17. Club, handle covered with grass matting : Solomon Islands* 18. Obsidian javelin : Admiralty Is- lands. 19. Jade axe : New Caledonia. 20. Breast ornament : New Caledonia. 21. Necklace of cachalots teeth : Fiji. 22. Breast ornament: Humboldt Bay. 23. Prickly helmet: Kingsmill Is- lands.24,25,26. Masks: New Ireland. (25 usedas decoration of a temple.) 27. Mat with woven pattern : Mort- lock Island in the Carolines. 28. Calabash for betel-lime: Ad- miralty Islands. 29. Frontlet: New Guinea. 30. Cap : New Caledonia.
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Printed by the Bfbliosrra-pMsches Institut. Leipzig. WEAPONS AND UTENSILS FROI ELANESIA AND MICRONESIA. DAESS AND WEAPONS OF THE MELANESIANS 233 way must have arisen the musketshape for clubs and the like. Insome axes the blade is set at an anglewith a view to more convenient work-ing when hewing out the interior ofthe canoes. Fijian axes are in thePolynesian style, but not so large. Inthe New Hebrides and the Solomonswe have smaller wedge-shaped roundedstone hatchets, sometimes wider, some-times narrower, tending in one placeto the oval, in another to the triangularshape. In Isabel and San Christovalthe blades are from 2^ to 8 incheslong, of a greenish gray colour, tri-angular or tongue-shaped, with aground edge. The tongue and ovalshapes appear in an extreme form inXew Caledonia. For the broad andquite circular hatchets jade affordedthe material. Artistically pretty pat-terns are either stitched or woven intothe binding of the- handles. NewIreland has ceremonial axes withbeautifully
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.