Ettnogmphy of Micronesia. 



Ill 



Fig. 40.— Combs from Yfip- 



made of bamboo nor is any of them made in such a fashion as 

 described by Furness. The same may be said of the combs found 

 in Palau and Truk. 



The combs we brought back with us from Yap were from 

 155 to 330 mm. in length, but some of them which have a long 

 handle for ornamentation were even 405 mm. in length. The 

 greatest breadth of combs measured from 64 to 80 mm. and the 

 number of teeth varied from 16 to 22, but those with 16 or 

 20 teeth were most frequent. While the combs found in Truk 

 have only seven or eight teeth, those employed among the natives 

 of Yap have more than double the number and yet the size of the 



