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couple of female masks with the hair-tops wound round with skin- 

 bands from which a couple of fish bead-strings were suspended. They 



a b 



Fig. 357. Wooden masks representing men (Greenl. Administration coll. 



a b 



Fig. 358. Wooden masks representing women. (Thalbitzer coll.). '/4. 



all have deep furrows across the face, the smooth intervals are 

 blackened, whereas the bottom of the furrows is uncoloured, white 

 as the natural colour of the wood, so that the furrows show out 

 against the dark surface. A carrying-strap to be laid round the 

 back of the head of the wearer is fastened in the ears of the mask. 



