﻿Smithsonian 
  Report, 
  1943. 
  Kennedy 
  

  

  Plate 
  4 
  

  

  1. 
  Nias 
  Women 
  Dancing, 
  in 
  Festive 
  Dress. 
  

   The 
  Niassans, 
  on 
  special 
  occasions, 
  wear 
  elaborate 
  double 
  earrings, 
  headdresses, 
  and 
  armbands. 
  

  

  2. 
  Mentawei 
  Women 
  Fishing, 
  Showing 
  Leaf 
  Clothing. 
  

   These 
  people 
  cannot 
  weave, 
  but 
  make 
  their 
  garments 
  of 
  either 
  bark 
  cloth 
  or 
  leaves. 
  

  

  