Explanation of Plate XXIX 



Tlie couucil-house for chiefs at Ivoror, Pa^.aii. ïlie building stands on a 

 substructure of stones. It is some 5 by 16 ni., with a floor about 1'20 ni. 

 above the ground and also a very steep roof. It is full of carvings both inside 

 and outside the building, which are painted white, red, black, yellow, etc. 

 Some of these carvings form decorative patterns, but most of them may be 

 called pictorial records. Villagers in general, particularly women and girls, 

 are strictly forbidden to enter the council-house. Close by this building stands 

 the young men's club-hovise. 



