Ethnography of Micronesia. 



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upper limbs they have geometrical patterns from the upper arm 

 down to the outer surface of the liand ; while the tattoos on the 

 lower limbs extend from the thigh down to the lower parts of the 

 legs, the marks including broad vertical strips as in the case of 

 men (Figs. 3 and 4). 



According to 0. Finsch,^ the women of Ponapé sometimes 

 tattoo on the abdomen, showing a broad, black girdle, w^ith the 



genital organ and its sur- 

 roundings as tlie center. 

 I was informed that there 

 is in Truk a custom of 

 tattooing on the vulva,, 

 as in the Patau Islands. 

 In Truk and Ponapé, I 

 did not see the complex 

 patterns centring round the 

 genital organs of men, such 

 as can be observed among 

 the natives of Samoa. '^ I 

 refer the readers to Part 

 II, the West Caroline 

 Islands, which contains 

 detailed accounts on this 

 point. 



In Jaluit, the men 

 tattoo extensively. The 

 women also tattoo the 



K.HASsbe 



Fig. 4. — Tattoo patterns on the right lower limb of 

 a man in Metalanim, Ponapé. 



shoulders and the breast. 



1 O. Finsch, " Ueljer die Bewohner von Ponapé," Zeitschr. f. lithn , XU, 1880, pp. 311, 312. 



2 V. Lnschan, " Beitrag zur Kenntniss der Tättowining in Samoa," Verhand. Berlin. Gesell 

 Anthr. Ethn., 1896, p. 551 and figs. 



