Author : Willowdean Chatterson Handy
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9780366655939
Total Pages : 100 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (559 download)
Book Synopsis String Figures From the Marquesas and Society Islands (Classic Reprint) by : Willowdean Chatterson Handy
Download or read book String Figures From the Marquesas and Society Islands (Classic Reprint) written by Willowdean Chatterson Handy and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-10-09 with total page 100 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from String Figures From the Marquesas and Society Islands Although today there is no association in the native mind of definite figures with their ancient use as patterns for the lashings of canoes, coffins, house posts, adzes and the like, still there is interesting circumstantial evi dence regarding at least one of them (no humu, fig. 14, b). The sacred chant called oho cm 0 M otu-haiki, which was recited for the sacred first born, commemorates the pattern once used for the binding of the child's sacred adz. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.