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Its relative isolation and also its unique culture invite the study of ethnographers. 
Curiously little attention had, however, been paid to the island. 
In striking contrast to the peoples of the surrounding Melanesian groups, the 
population of Aua and Wuwuloo appear to derive from proto-Malayo-Polynesian 
stock. The language belongs to the Polynesian group, but many of their artifacts, 
and their houses, suggest a Malayan derivation. 
In their social organisation a remarkable feature is the co-presence of an unusual 
form of matrilocal matrilineity among the commoners with a patriarchal chief- 
tainship. 
19. Mr. E. J. Wayitanp.—An Exhibit of Stone Tools from Uganda. 
AFTERNOON. 
20. Capt. M. W. Hitron-Simpson and Mr. Joun HausELer.—The 
Shawiya of the Aurés Mountains. (Cinematograph.) 
The film was taken in the winter. of 1923-4 by Mr. J. A. Haeseler, of Harvard and 
Oxford, who accompanied Capt. and Mrs. Hilton-Simpson on their sixth visit to 
Aures massif in 8.E. Algeria. 
It illustrates the daily life and the technology of Shawiya (Berber) tribes inhabiting 
that region, and it is the first of a series of ethnological films which Mr. Haeseler hopes 
to procure. 
After giving an idea of those geographical features which have made of the 
Aurés an island of ancient culture, the film proceeds to illustrate various phases of 
native life. 
It shows how the cave dwellings of paleolithic simplicity, which are still inhabited 
to-day, have developed into the stone-built Shawiya hut; and how exactly the 
grouping of these huts into villages recalls Sallust’s description of Jugurtha’s strong- 
hold. It depicts the manufacture, by means of an adze of Bronze-age type, of 
primitive door locks, probably of Roman origin. 
The use of a most primitive measurement of time, a water-clock, is fully illustrated. 
This perforated bowl, which sinks in water, is still used in the Aurés to apportion the 
flow of irrigation canals. 
The manufacture and use of the hand quern are shown, among many other arts and 
crafts. But perhaps the most interesting of all the items are those dealing, from 
start to finish, with the manufacture of wheel-less pottery and of textiles. 
The making of pottery appears to have changed in no way since neolithic times ; 
while both the vertical and horizontal hand-looms bear a striking resemblance to 
those depicted on the walls of ancient Egyptian tombs. 
21. Mr. W. D. Hamsty.—The Distribution of Tattooing and its Anthro- 
pological Significance. 
Since the publication of Jéest’s ‘ Die Tatawirung’ in 1886, the subject of body 
marking and its significance has not been reviewed in general, although many valuable 
papers have been contributed. Jest concerned himself with details of technology 
to the exclusion of social and psychological aspects. This lantern lecture and 
exhibition of photographs attempts a brief survey of puncture tattooing and other 
corporal markings in relation to widespread beliefs respecting a future life, the need 
for honorific signs, distinction of social groups, therapy, and a variety of magical 
practices. The esthetic side of body marking will be briefly considered by com- 
parison of such widely disparate styles as those of the Japanese, Burmese, Samoans, 
Borneans, Haida, and Inca. The questions of antiquity, point of origin, and lines of 
distribution will be briefly discussed. 
Tuesday, September 1. 
MorninG. 
22. Sir A. Kerrs, F.R.S., and Mr. F. Turvitie-Perre.—Early Man in 
Palestine: the Recently Discovered Galilean Skull. 
