RHE NEW STONE ‘AGE 
real carving, much of it of a very high order, in stone, 
bone, mammoth ivory, and reindeer antler, and probably, 
too, in wood. 
During the New Stone Age, also, men undoubtedly did 
much carving in 
wood, at least in 
certain regions. 
The Maoris, the 
Polynesian _ na- 
tives of New 
Zealand, when 
discovered _ by 
European navi- 
gators, were in a 
phase of the New 
Stone Age; and 
in the carvings 
on their canoes, 
the beams. of 
their houses, and 
many of . their 
Fic. 81. Necklace of leopard’s teeth, Congo region, 
wooden weapons Africa. After Frobenius 
and utensils, 
they had attained extremely high artistic merit. Doubt- 
less New Stone Age man of prehistoric times likewise 
carved in wood. 
We must not forget that many—probably the great 
bulk — of the materials used as a base for decoration in 
Fic. 82. Wooden ladle, from a Swiss lake village. After Keller 
all ages have been of a perishable nature. How many, for 
example, of the wonderful Hawaiian feather cloaks, or the 
painted buffalo robes of the Plains Indians, or the carved 
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