Polynesian Venture

vii, 233 pp. Five years ago I left San Francisco bound for the Orient on a journey of "exploration"--to determine what native crafts were available for sale in America. In San Francisco a course was charted which would cover most of the crafts of the Pacific basin. Japan and China were known to be rich in craftsmanship, but the Philippines, China's south coast, Indo-China, Siam, Java and Polynesia were unknown quantities.--Introduction