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in the leaf, is boiled. Gumi is a dish prepared of scraped 

 i30conut and pounded sago, mixed together and kneaded into 

 balls or sausages, which are boiled. Sometimes sago, wrapped 

 in a taro or banana leaf, is simply baked in the open fire, in 

 which case it is called Bomu. Another kind of sago dish is 

 -called Neva; two small parcels of sago, wrapped in banana 

 leaf are made, and a large flat stone is heated in the fire. 

 Then the sago parcels are put on either side of the stone, and 



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Fig. 23. 



I^ig. 22. 



Wooden Spatulas. 



Fig. 22. Goda l-citsi. Wooden spatula, with a 

 short handle, used for stirring the sago (Goda dish). 



Fig. 23. Patsiii kdtsi, wooden spatula, Avith long 

 handle, used to stir the sago porridge (ratsiri). 

 Blade length, 25 cm. Total length, 120 cm. There 

 are longer specimens in use (comp. pi. xxxii., fig. 2). 



