CONTENTS EC 



Part II. General Material Culture — Continued. 



Chapter VII. Personal adornment 51 



General remarks 51 



Hair and head adornment 51 



Care and ornamentation of the head 51 



Combs 51 



Ear disks 52 



Neck and breast ornaments 52 



Arm and hand ornamentation 53 



Knee and ankle adornments 54 



Body mutilations 54 



General remarks 54 



Mutilation of the teeth 55 



Mutilation of the ear lobes 55 



Depilation 56 



Tattooing 56 



Circumcision 57 



Chapter VIII. Alimentation 58 



Fire and its production 58 



The "fire saw" 58 



The steel and flint process 58 



Continuation of the fire 58 



Lighting 59 



Culinary and table equipment 59 



Various kinds of food 60 



The preparation and cooking of food 62 



Preparing the food 62 



Cooking the food 63 



Food restrictions and taboos 64 



Meals 64 



Ordinary meals 64 



Festive meals 65 



Chapter IX. Narcotic and stimulating enjoyments 67 



Drinks used by the Man6bos 67 



Sugar-palm wine 67 



B&hi toddy 67 



Sugarcane brew 68 



Extraction of the juice 68 



Boiling 68 



Fermentation 68 



Mead 68 



Drinking 



General remarks 



The sumsum-an 



Drinking during religious and social feasts 69 



Evil effects from drinking '" 



Tobacco preparation and use '" 



The betel-nut masticatory '*■ 



Ingredients and effect of the quid *1 



Betel chewing accessories '2 



Chapter X. Means of subsistence '3 



Agriculture ' " 



General remarks ' "* 



The time and place for planting rice 73 



The sowing ceremony ' ° 



The clearing of the land '4 



The sowing of the rice and its culture 75 



The rice harvest '6 



The harvest feast 76 



The culture of other crops '• 



77 



Hunting " 



Hunting with dogs '° 



Offering to Sugiidun, the 6pirit of hunters 78 



