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points are of cassowary or human bone, or of hard wood, but the 

 most effective are made of the needle-pointed and barbed prickle of 

 some species of Sting Eay. At Dorei iron-tipped spears were not 

 uncommon, but the points were more frequently of bamboo, not 

 unlike a cheese-scoop in shape. Yery few skins of the Paradise 

 birds were brought off for sale, but the numerous parrots we 

 bought soon gave the ship the appearance of a large apiary. Most 

 of them were the common wliite Cockatoo (C. triton) and the still 

 commoner Trichogiossus which is found over the whole of this 

 part of Kew Guinea, but among them we found a rare bird of the 

 latter genus (Trichogiossus rosenbergi), and several other beautiful 

 lories, which we were glad enough to obtain for coloured cotton 

 handkercliiefs or a yard or two of " Turkey red." 



The Dorei Papuans vary so much in colour and in type of 

 feature that it is evident that many are of mixed race. Some 

 wear the nose-bar, which is about an inch in length and of the 

 thickness of a quill. It is known as the hoor or Tceru, according as 

 it is made of bone or shell. Among Europeans its use would 

 in very few indi^dduals be possible without discomfort, for it is 

 thrust through the septum of the nose, and protrudes as far as the 

 al(B nasi on either side, but, as I have ah'eady mentioned, the high 

 attachment of the latter on the cheek in the Papuan race leaves 

 plenty of room for the ornament.^ A still more striking feature 

 is the comb, which is rarely or never absent from the heads of 

 those who are possessed of a well-grown chevelure — a bamboo stick 

 about two feet long split at the end into five prongs. The handle 

 projects far over the forehead, and is ornamented with feathers or 

 round discs of pith threaded edge to edge on a secondary stick. 

 Across the chest, bandolier-fashion, is slung the sar4 or shoulder- 

 strap, a woven band of coloured grass half an inch in width, and 

 clam-shell bracelets and tightly -fitting armlets complete the 

 decoration, as in the case of the Batanta natives. In almost 



^ This peculiar shape of the nose is -R-ell represented in their koroxvaar or so- 

 called gods, and all carvings in which the human features are rej)roduced. 



