 | William Fordyce Mavor - Discoveries in geography - 1809 - 504 pages
...fine threads of twisted hair, doubled sometimes an hundred fold. Instead of this ornament, some ol' them wear on their breast a small human figure, made of bone, suspended in the same manner. The fan, or lly-Uap, is also an ornament used by both sexes. The most ordinary kind are made of *.he fibres... | |
 | Robert Kerr - 1816 - 562 pages
...polished, which is hung about the neck by fine threads of twisted hair, doubled sometimes an hundred fold. Instead of this ornament, some of them wear on their breast a small human figure made of oone, suspended in the same manner. The fan, or fly-flap, is also an ornament used by both, sexes.... | |
 | James Cook - Oceania - 1821 - 486 pages
...polished, which is hung about the neck, by fine threads of twisted hair, doubled sometimes an hundred fold. Instead of this ornament, some of them wear, on their...figure, made of bone, suspended in the same manner. The fan, or fly-flap, is also an ornament used by both sexes. The most ordinary kind are made of the fibres... | |
 | Robert Kerr - Voyages and travels - 1824 - 548 pages
...polished, which is hung about the neck by fine threads of twisted hair, doubled sometimes an hundred fold. Instead of this ornament, some of them wear on their breast a small human figure made of cone, suspended in the same manner. The fan, or fly'flap, is also an ornament used by both eexes. The... | |
 | James Cook - Voyages and travels - 1842 - 654 pages
...which is hung about the neck, by fine threads, of twisted hair, doubled sometimes an hundred fold. Instead of this ornament, some of them wear, on their...figure, made of bone, suspended in the same manner. The fan, or fly-flap, is also an ornament used by both sexes. The most ordinary kind are made of the fibres... | |
 | Henry Nottidge Moseley - Challenger Expedition - 1879 - 678 pages
...ear.* In the accompanying figure of the burial-place of * " A Voyage Round the World in the years 1803, 4, 5, and 6," pp. 106-107. By Urey Lisiansky. London,...Nearly all examples of the ornament in museums are of Spenn-Whale ivory. I have seen one wooden one ; but none of stone. They seem all closely alike in form... | |
 | Henry Nottidge Moseley - Challenger Expedition - 1892 - 582 pages
...shell, about two inches long, with a broad hook, turning forwards at its lower part, well polished. J And sometimes a small human image of bone, about three...museums are of Sperm- Whale ivory. I have seen one of wood, but none of stone. They all seem closely alike in form ; but in the British Museum and Christy... | |
 | Henry Nottidge Moseley - Challenger Expedition - 1892 - 540 pages
...shell, about two inches long, with a broad hook, turning forwards at its lower part, well polished, f And sometimes a small human image of bone, about three...Nearly all examples of the ornament in museums are of Sperm-Whale ivory. I have seen one of wood, but none of stone. They all seem closely alike in form... | |
 | James Cook - Hawaii - 1904 - 454 pages
...polished, which is hung about the neck by fine threads of twisted hair, doubled sometimes a hundred fold. Instead of this ornament, some of them wear on their...figure made of bone, suspended in the same manner. The custom of tatooing the body they have in common with the rest of the natives of the South Sea islands,... | |
 | James Cook - Australia - 1999 - 494 pages
...polished, which is hung about the neck by fine threads of twisted hair, doubled sometimes a hundred fold. Instead of this ornament, some of them wear on their...figure made of bone, suspended in the same manner. The custom of tattooing the body they have in common with the rest of the natives of the South Sea islands,... | |
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Both sexes wear necklaces made of strings of small variegated shells, and an ornament in the form of the handle of a cup, about two inches long, and half an inch broad, made of wood, stone, or ivory, finely polished, which is hung about the neck, by... 