280 ORNAMENTS. 



remaining' one, a less formidable weapon than the 

 others, is flat on both sides, with a serrated edge, 

 and measures twenty-two inches in length and three 

 in width. 



The ornaments worn on this part of the coast are 

 in general so precisely similar to those of the Louis- 

 iade, already described, that a brief allusion to them 

 is suflGlcient. In both places we saw the same nose- 

 sticks, combs stuck in the hair, flat circular earrings, 

 woven and shell armlets, round ornaments made of 

 melon shell, necklaces of dog's teeth and black seeds, 

 and white cowries strung round the legs, arms, and 

 neck. I observed here none of the human jawbones 

 worn as bracelets so frequently met with in the 

 Louisiade, nor did painting the body appear to 

 be carried to the same extent, although the mode of 

 doing so was the same. Here too we sometimes 

 saw the hair collected and twisted behind into a 

 single or double queue, and procured a neatly con- 

 structed bushy wig of frizzled hair. A girdle of 

 spht rattan wound about a dozen times round the 

 waist is in common use here, but I do not recollect 

 having seen it in the Louisiade. 



Among other articles of native manufacture I 

 may mention large baked earthen pots* used in 

 cooking, also very neatly made round flat-bottomed 

 baskets in sets of four, partially fitting into each 

 other, with a woven belt to suspend them from the 



* Similar to that figured ou p. 261. 



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