The New Encyclopædia Britannica, Volume 2Encyclopædia Britannica, 1992 - 32 pages |
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Page 114
... carved hook patterns on shields and slit gongs . Other hook carvings are of uncertain provenance . They often have right - angled rather than curved hooks . That the hook style was once predominant throughout much of the Sepik area is ...
... carved hook patterns on shields and slit gongs . Other hook carvings are of uncertain provenance . They often have right - angled rather than curved hooks . That the hook style was once predominant throughout much of the Sepik area is ...
Page 116
... carved forked posts on which the Marind hung head - hunting trophies . The southwestern coast . The two main groups living on the southwestern coast of New Guinea ... carvings , and a number of carved figures represent-. 116 Oceanic Arts.
... carved forked posts on which the Marind hung head - hunting trophies . The southwestern coast . The two main groups living on the southwestern coast of New Guinea ... carvings , and a number of carved figures represent-. 116 Oceanic Arts.
Page 123
... carved with miniature stylized pigs , resembling phalli . The same images , as well as styl- ized testicles , birds , and geometric forms , were carved in ivory and strung as necklaces exported to Mangaia . Carved wooden shafts partly ...
... carved with miniature stylized pigs , resembling phalli . The same images , as well as styl- ized testicles , birds , and geometric forms , were carved in ivory and strung as necklaces exported to Mangaia . Carved wooden shafts partly ...
Contents
NUMBER GAMES and Other Mathematical Recreations | 1 |
NUMBER THEORY | 14 |
NUMERICAL ANALYSIS | 38 |
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