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stroyed by an invasion of western cnlture. The strong evidences of snch an 

 invasion have already been pointed out in the case of other elements of material 

 culture. On the side of pure decoration the original art modified that of the 

 invaders to a very small degree. Northern New Zealand, because of its location, 

 was practically unaffected by the western Polynesian art. The Marquesas, on the 

 other hand, received a moderately strong influence resulting either in the intro- 

 duction of sectional treatment of surfaces and angular-geometric designs on in 

 the strengthening of these features if they were present in the original complex. 



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