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Art. TU — A. Matsumnr.i : 



described al)OYe, from the loin-cloth and bands down to ornaments 

 for the ear and neck, are also found in the island of Mokil. But 

 I failed to observe such customs among the settlers at Ponapé 

 whom I studied, for they had already been Europeanized to a 

 large extent. As these same customs are observable in islands 

 hundreds of miles apart, we know from this, that common customs 

 exist in the East Caroline group. 



In tlie island of Ponapé the men wear a covering round the 

 waist on festive oc(!asions or after work. It is made of the split 

 filaments of young coco-tree leaflets, measuring some 53 cm. in 

 length (Fig. 11). Th s covering looks quite neat, much superior 

 to the coarse one worn by the islanders of the West Caroline 

 group, particularly by the women of Yap. In all the islands these 

 coverings are made by women. 



Fig. 11. — Ponoix'an dancers with dancing- paddles. (Photo. U. Mori.) 



