ijg Art. VJl. — A. MiitAiimiira : 



and from 10 to 15 era. in diameter. In the upper rim there are 

 three holes, or three projections, each with a hole in it. Strings 

 are put tlii-ough tlie holes, and these strings, in turn, are passed 

 through slender bamboo tubes so as to protect them from burning. 

 Some of these lamps have human figures affixed in front for 

 ornamental purposes. The wicks are cotton fibres twisted into 

 something like threads, and coconut oil is used as illuminant 

 (Fig. 65). Foreign-made lamps, however, have superseded the 

 earthen lamps at Koror and its vicinity, though native ones may 

 still be found in use in those parts seldom visited by foreigners. 

 This change seems to be of a quite recent date, for there is 

 scarcely any house that does not possess one or more of such 

 lamps. 



As already stated, earthen vessels are peculiar to the \yest 

 Caroline group, and again earthen lamps are peculiar to Palau. 

 Since pottery-making is unknown in Polynesia, earthen lamps of 

 native make cannot be found in use throughout the archipelagos. 

 In Hawaii, the natives used stone lamps, with pieces of tapa as 

 wicks. 



Tombs. In Palau, there is a stone platform, some 30 cm. 

 high, in front of each native dwelling. It is the family sepulchre. 

 While in Truk the dead are buried in water, the natives of Palau 

 bury theirs, as just mentioned, in front of their houses. The 

 sepulchre should, of course, be sacred to the natives, who, how- 

 ever, do not mind walking on the burial place themselves or 

 allowing children to play on it (PI. XXVIII, fig. 2). 



2. Club Houses. — In Palau, as in Yap, club-houses (called bai/ 

 by the natives) are built in each village. The building is oblong 

 in the ground-pl<in like the dwelling-houses, being 5 m. in frontage 

 and 14 to 16 m, in depth. It has a floor made of the hard wood 



