Ethnography of Micronesia. 79 



in the Solomon Islands^ are very ranch hke the ones raentioned 

 above, both in shape and material ; the only difference being the 

 degree in the curving of tlie needle-like pieces. The Polynesians 

 also possess similar hoolcs, though theirs, it appears, are provided 

 with barbs. In the Caroline group itself, those found in Yap^ have 

 sometimes barbs on the inner an 1 the outer side of the apical part 

 of the hook made of tortoise-shell. 



Chapter V. 



Implements and Weapons. 

 I. Imple\ip:nts. 



Nowadays iron implements are imported from abroad and the 

 natives can got almost tiny edge-tools they want. The inhabitants 

 naturally have passed through the usual stages of human develop- 

 ment, in which they made various kinds of tools of stone and 

 similar materials. Since it is easier to make their implements of 

 shells than of stone, the islanders chiefly employed the former 

 material not only in Truk and Ponapé, where basalt is found, 

 but also in other islands of the Caroline group, which are coral- 

 islands and where it is extremely difficult to obtain stone. 



As mentioned elsewhere, pieces of shell are still employed as 

 culinary utensils, though the natives no longer use axes or chisels 

 made of this material. One must now visit the famous ruins in 



1 B. T. Somerville, •' Ethnographical Notes in New Georgia, Solomon Man Is," Jo.ir. Authc- 

 Inst., XXVI,. 1897, p. 401. 



- J. S. Kubary, "Ethnographische Beitrüge zur Kenntnis des Karolinen Archipels," Taf. 

 XVII, Fig 3. 



