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tree. Besides the fan in his hand, he bore on his shoulder a long pole from which were sus- 

 pended seven white scarfs, tied into bows at the ends, in a manner similar to those used in our 

 own country. 



Stewart describes also the dress of two boys who performed at a fete which 

 he attended (59, pp. 259-260) : 



One wore on his head the feather helmet and other decorations of the ear and neck 

 of a warrior — the cap being of equal height to all the rest of his figure. About his girdle was 

 a full sash of white cloth tied in a large bow with long ends in front ; and from it four white 

 cords of plaited tapa, two behind and two before, descended to the knee — each terminating in 

 monsterous tassels of black hair, fastened to flat circular pieces of wood, whitened with pipe 

 clay. His waist, wrists, and ankles were also hung with the same, and in either hand he held 

 a small tuft of white. 



The headdress of the other was a bandeau of white cloth, in a thick roll over the fore- 

 head ; and above this a wreath of black feathers, surmounted by a high ornament of white 

 tapa gathered into folds at the frontlet, and spreading above into a large cockade in the shape 

 of a peacock's tail — the whole having an airy and tasteful appearance. His necklace was com- 

 posed of alternate bunches of a brightly shining aromatic vine, and the flowers of the cape 

 jessamine ; while his maro, of the purest white, arranged in neat folds, was intertwined with 

 garlands of the same. 



Langsdorff (38, p. 172) says that women used green boughs or banana 

 leaves as parasols. Fleuriu states (23, p. 116): "One should count also among 

 their ornaments . . . parasols made of large palm leaves, which they ornament with 

 feathers of different sizes and colors." None of these parasols have survived. 



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