114 Art. Yn.— A. Matsiimura : 



Some natives of Yap wear a hat made of pandanus leaves 

 like the inhabitants of the East Carolines. 



2. Necklaces. — Among the natives of Yap necklaces are usual- 

 ly made of disc-like rings obtained from coconut shell, which are 

 strung together with white shell rings of the same shape. Neck- 

 laces made of shells of light pink are much prized, as are ear- 

 pendants of the same material and colour. During our voyage we 

 were unable to secure any specimens of such necklaces. Vi. H. 

 Furness writes as follows : "In each shell of superior quality 

 there is of the pink or red portion only enough to make one good 

 bead about an inch and a halt long by half an inch wide and an 

 eighth of an inch tliick ; such a bead is usually strung in the 

 middle of the necklace among others graded off from it in size, on 

 both sides, merging into oblong pieces about half an inch long, of 

 the same breadth and thickness as the bead in the centre ; then 

 finally follow discs about one sixteenth of an inch thick." ^ 



The women in Yap wear a cord made of the inner bark of 

 the hibiscus tree, dyed black and one metre in length. It is 

 knotted in the middle portion and at the ends. Then it- is split 

 into two and hung on the neck with the ends falling on the breast 

 and the back (PI. XXI). According to Farness, " this cord must 

 be always worn by a woman, young or old, when she is away 

 from her home ; to be seen in the opon air without it would bo 

 as immodest and disgraceful as to appear without any clothes at 

 all." 2 ^ girl is said to wear it at the first appearance of men- 

 struation, so there is no doubt that it is not only for ornamenta- 

 tion but also for showing that the wearer has attained a marriage- 

 able age. The cord, simple as it is, is always worn by women. 



1 W. H. Furness. " The Island of Stone Money," p G3 ; PI facing p 64. 



2 W. H. Furness, ibid., pp. 123, 124. 



