CONTENTS 



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Introduction 1 



Micronesian arts 4 



Distribution of Polynesian designs 4 



Hawaiian decorative art 8 



Decorative art of the Maori of New Zealand 9 



Tonga-Samoan art area 11 



Tapa cloth, leaf girdles, necklaces 12 



Mats 14 



Tattooing ^ 15 



Headdresses 17 



House furnishings 18 



Polynesian stone structures and images 19 



Artistic ability of the Fijians 20 



Melanesian art 21 



Aboriginal Australian design 23 



Papua and New Guinea 26 



Negritos and Papuans of Central Dutch New Guinea 26 



The Andamanese 35 



The Nicobarese 36 



.Sinhalese art 37 



Elementary decorative art of the Veddah 37 



Cultural affiliations in Indonesia 37 



Malayan decorative art 38 



Influence of culture stratification on Filipino decorative design 42 



Malaysian basketry 44 



Malaysian wood carving 45 



Explanation of plates 47 



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