Ethnography of Micrjnebiii. 155 



Guinea and the neighbouring islands, there are places where a 

 large number of stones like tombstones stand. They are the 

 meeting-places of the natives who discuss their affairs while squat- 

 ting there leisurely. Women and girls are not allowed to enter 

 such places. As for the buildings in Palau, Kubary's work,i which 

 contains a detailed description on this subject, may be consulted 

 with profit. 



Chapter IV. 



Implements and Weapons. 

 I. Implements. 



In Yap and Palau, the principal implement is the hatchet, 

 which is usually small in size, and fitted with a crooked handle. 

 The tool also serves as a knife. The natives carry it on the 

 naked shoulder, usually on the left, this appears to us to be a 

 dangerous habit, but they show no signs of uneasiness, probably 

 because they are accustomed to the practice since their childhood 

 (PI. XXY). The natives of the Admiralty Islands, Matty Island 

 and in the interior of Dutch New G-uinea also carry the hatchet 

 on tlic shouldL'r.2 Thus, the islanders of Yap and Palau, hke 

 the natives of the other islands, now use iron implements, but 



1 J. S. Kubary, Ethnographische Beitrage zur Kenntnis des Karolinen Archipels," pp. 221- 

 2ß7 ; Taf. XXIX-XLIX. 



'^ H. X. Moscley, " On the Inhabitants of the Admiralty Islands, etc.," Jour. Anthr. Inst., 

 VI, 187 r, p. 407. A B. Mej'er and E. Parkinson, '• Alb\im von Papua-Typen II," PI. 53. A. J. 

 P. Van den Broek, " Zur Anthropologie des Beigstammes Pésëchëm im Innern von Nieder- 

 ländisch-Nen-Guinea. Nova Guinea, 1307-1909, VI[. Ethnographie," Leide, 1913-1915, Taf. 

 XXXVin, fig. G ; Taf. XXXIX, fig. 10. 



