<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><!DOCTYPE Zthes SYSTEM "http://zthes.z3950.org/xml/zthes-05.dtd">  <Zthes><term><termId>31313416</termId><termName>Torres Strait</termName><termType>PT</termType><termNote><![CDATA[ Describes works created by the inhabitants of the Torres Strait Islands. The most well known works of the Torres Strait are their double-outrigger sailing canoes, which are capable of carrying a dozen or more people. The canoes are ornamented with engravings and paintings. No example has survived of the decorated Torres Strait canoe, except photographs and drawings. ]]></termNote><termCreatedDate>2026-03-30 20:24:28</termCreatedDate><relation><relationType>UF</relationType><termId>31313417</termId><termName>Torres Strait Islands</termName><termType>ND</termType></relation><relation><relationType>BT</relationType><termId>31302129</termId><termName>Melanesian</termName><termType>PT</termType></relation></term>  </Zthes>