14 Art. VII.— A. Matsumura: 



PART I. 

 The East Caroline Islands. 



Chapter I. 



Clothing and Personal Adornment. 



It goes without saying that food and drink are the first 

 essentials to the maintenance of life. It is only after this primary 

 necessity lias been satisfied that men begin to cover their body 

 with anything like clothing. Of many savage tribes it can not 

 be said even in the present age that clothing is an essential con- 

 dition of their life. However, among uncivilized races in the 

 tropical regions who live on wlat they find near at hand and who 

 need not trouble themselves much about the acquisition of food, 

 personal adornment is perhaps what occupies their greatest attention 

 instead of clothing, food and habitation. It will, of course, be 

 difficult to say this is universal, but one may clearly observe this 

 tendency among the natives of the Caroline Islands, especially of 

 the eastern group of the islands. 



In the next pages, I sliall consider the subject, following the 

 classification adopted by Dr. J. Deniker.^ 



I. Adoenment of the Body. 



This is the most primitive mode of personal adornment, the 

 body itself being ornamented without the wearing of any foreign 

 objects whatsoever. The East Caroline Islanders have two kinds 

 of such adornment, i. e., body -painting and tattooing. 



1 J. Deniker, " The E.ice.s of Man," London, 1900, pp. 173-182. 



