CONTENTS.
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Introduction 1
The Decorative Art of British New Guinea: as an Example of the Method of Study 11
I. Torres Straits and Daudai 13
II. The Fly River 26
III. The Papuan Gulf 29
IV. The Central District 42
V. The Massim District 47
VI. Relation of the Decorative Art to the Ethnology of British New Guinea 59
VII. Note on the Scroll Designs of British New Guinea 67
The Material of Which Patterns Are Made 74
I. The Decorative Transformation and Transference of Artificial Objects (Skeuomorphs) 75
1. Transformation of a Solitary Object 76
2. Transference of Fastenings 84
3. Skeuomorphs of Textiles 89
4. Skeuomorphic Pottery 97
5. Stone Skeuomorphs of Wooden Buildings 114
6. Skeuomorphic Inappropriateness 116
II. The Decorative Transformation of Natural Objects 118
1. Physicomorphs 118
2. Biomorphs; A. Representation of Abstract Ideas of Life; B. Phyllomorphs: The Lotus and its Wanderings; C. Zoomorphs; D. Anthropomorphs; E. Biomorphic Pottery 126
3. Heteromorphs 192
The Reasons for Which Objects Are Decorated 200
I. Art 200
II. Information 203
III. Wealth 222
IV. Magic and Religion 235
1. Sympathetic Magic 235
2. Totemism 250
3. Religion 267
4. Religious Symbolism; A. The Meaning and Distribution of the Fylfot; B. The Psychology of Symbolism 275
The Scientific Method of Studying Decorative Art 306
I. Application of Biological Deductions to Designs 308
II. The Geographical Distribution of Animals and of Designs 319
III. General Remarks on the Method of Study 331
Index 357