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PIPING A SIMPLE MELODY |
CAPABLE WOMANHOOD BUSY ON SAMOA'S MAIN HOME INDUSTRY |
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| Musical instruments among the Melanesians are few, and, apart from the drums, show little ingenuity of construction. This flute, in use on St. Matthias Island, is a length of bamboo with only three holes besides the orifice | Mats are the prime necessity for Samoans setting up housekeeping, and every native woman is expert in the art of weaving them from the leaves and fibres profusely ready to her hand. Mats piled one on another serve as beds; upon mats all the people sit cross-legged for meals; and mats that can be hung up and removed at will serve as walls for the native houses |