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In these islands, too, o;-namciits marie of tortoise-shell are also 

 attached to the necklace as pendants.^ The sliell disks shown in 

 Fig. were dug out by our garrison on Ponapé from a tomb at 

 Sapatik in Nanmatal, Tonapé. They were in all probability a part 

 of the neoklace with a pendant arranged as 

 in PL XXXIV, fig. 2 01- PI. XXXIV, fig. 3. 

 PI. XXXIV, fig. 4 presents the shell beads 

 strung close togetlier on a string. In such 

 cases, the beads are usually small. 



Necklaces of the teeth of mammals, 

 probably dogs or pigs, are also worn, though 

 these are rather rare (PL II). Of this kind 

 of necklace in use among the Motu tribe of 

 British New Guinea, W. F. Turner'^ mak >s 

 the following interesting remark : " A neck- ^^^^^i^^,^, ,, ^eaiirmt fo-.li 

 lace much worn by young women is one in a tomb at sapatik, Nan- 



matal, Poimpé. 



made of pigs' or dogs' teeth strung together. 



This necklace is much valued, and a young woman will on no 

 account part with it, as it is given by her lover, and is a pledge 

 of his love, as the engagement ring is with us." I had, however, 

 no opportunity to see wdiether a similar custom occurs in Truk. 

 But as the island is a small one, there are but few mammals on 

 it, and it w^ould be very difficult to obtain teeth of these mammals. 

 Consequently we saw very few natives wearing these necklaces. 



Tlie simplest kinds of ornaments worn round the neck are 

 wreaths formed of leaves or flowers. I saw^ some natives wearhig 

 nccldaces made of bract scales of pine-apples strung on threads. 

 Specimens of such necklaces obtained in Kusaie ar e now kept m 



1 K. Tartiiigton, "An Album of the Weapons, Tools, ....of the Natives of the Tacific 

 IsLincls," ManchestzT, 1890, PI. 170. 



2 W. F. Turner, "The Ethnology of the Motu," Jour. Anthr. Inst., VII, 1878, p. 478. 



