EXPLANATION OF PLATE 1. 



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Fish skull, painted with red ocher, kept as 



a trophy. 

 Belt, or waist circlet, of rattan. 

 Circlet of spiral shells on network, worn on 



the head or neck. 

 Band of hark, worn over the shoulder, for 



carrying child. 

 Necklace of shells {Hemicardium uned-o). 

 Necklace of calyces of mangrove. 

 Pig's skull, painted with red ocher and white 



clay, kept as a trophy. 

 Human skull, painted with red ocher and 



white clay, and ornamented with Den- 



talium shells, and with Hemicardium 



and Solarium shells attached to t he tem- 

 poral arches; worn in memoriam by a 



relative of the deceased. 

 Human skull, suspended by cord of hark 



liber. 

 Circlet made of vertebrae of a half-grown 



child; worn on the head or about the 



neck in memoriam by a relative of the 



deceased. 

 Human jawbone, worn like the preceding, 



ornamented by strings of Dentalium octogonum. 

 Human jawbone, painted, with red ocher, and ornamented with Hemicardium 



shells; suspended by network of bark liber. 

 Circlet of turtle bones, worn about the head or neck. 

 Circlet of vegetable filler, worn on the head. 



Woman's belt, made of Pandanus andamanensium, the ends of the leaves form- 

 ing four tufts, which are worn behind, the outside of the hoop ornamented 



with transverse markings of red wax paint. Several belts are worn by each 



woman. 

 Tuft of leaves of Mimusops indica; worn by the women as an apron, held in 



place by the lowest belt. 

 Wristlet made of leaves of Pandanus andamanensium. 

 Wristlet, or bracelet, similar to the preceding, but ornamented with strings of 



Dentalium shells. 

 Garter of Pandanus leaves, ornamented with Dentalium shells. 

 Circlet, similar to the preceding. 



Stems of an orchid (Dendrobium sp. ), the yellow skin of which is used to orna- 

 ment cords, and the seizings of pig-spear heads. 

 Man's belt of Pandanus leaves, with two tufts, intended to hang down behind. 

 Belt similar to the preceding, but having lour tufts of Pandanus leaves. 

 Man's garters of Pandanus leaves, made like the preceding. 

 < iarter in the form of a Hat hoop of Pandanus leaves, made like fig. 1"), and 



ornamented in the same way. 

 Man's belt, consisting of a fringe of Dentalium shells, coated with red ocher. 

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