The National Geographic Magazine, Volume 79National Geographic Society, 1941 - Geography Indexes kept up to date with supplements. |
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Page 256
... head of the grave were a great iron cresset decorated with bulls ' heads of iron , presumably for lighting the owner's home ; four spears and three barbed throwing spears ; the richly decorated bronze mounts and boss from a big wooden ...
... head of the grave were a great iron cresset decorated with bulls ' heads of iron , presumably for lighting the owner's home ; four spears and three barbed throwing spears ; the richly decorated bronze mounts and boss from a big wooden ...
Page 347
... head down , sometimes head up , and even occasionally upside down , Hawaiians say that it is lauwiliwili , ( unpredictable ) . Nukinuki means “ nose " or " chin ” and oi means “ long . ” Thus , Lauwiliwili Nukinuki Oioi means " an ...
... head down , sometimes head up , and even occasionally upside down , Hawaiians say that it is lauwiliwili , ( unpredictable ) . Nukinuki means “ nose " or " chin ” and oi means “ long . ” Thus , Lauwiliwili Nukinuki Oioi means " an ...
Page 357
... heads from being cut on the coral . When a diver sees a school of fish go into a coral head , he plunges to the bottom and tries to pull the coral head free . If the first at- tempt fails , he dives a second time with a rope which he ...
... heads from being cut on the coral . When a diver sees a school of fish go into a coral head , he plunges to the bottom and tries to pull the coral head free . If the first at- tempt fails , he dives a second time with a rope which he ...
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