Melanesian Curios In
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Sydney
AN interesting display of native craft work and of photographs, mostly from the Solomon Islands, has been placed on view at the offices of the Melanesian Mission, in Union House, Sydney. There are beautifully woven ceremonial dresses, combs inlaid with pearlshell, and utensils of many kinds. Some of the exhibits show interesting evidence of European influence. Many of the exhibits are rare, and will become rarer as cheap imported goods replace the products of the native craftsman. This applies, for example, to fishhooks, painstakingly made of shell, which are rapidly being replaced by fac tory-made hooks of steel.
Visitors also may see miniature moving pictures, illustrating the work of the missions.
This plan of giving publicity to the work of the mission has been very suc cessfully put into operation by the or ganisation’s indefatigible secretary, Major Robinson.