The document summarizes textiles and woven items from Melanesia and Polynesia housed in the 1930 Fleischmann Collection at the Cincinnati Museum Center. It includes examples of plant-based materials like rush, mulberry, and fig bark used to create tapa cloth. Functional woven items on display include fish traps, water carriers, and knotted cane dragged along the ocean floor. Personal adornment pieces featured are neckbands, knotted headdresses, looped feather headresses, plaited sunshades, and jewelry. A variety of weaving and knotting techniques from the regions are represented.