536 The National Geographic Magazine 



MEN OF TOBADI VILLAGE, HUMBOLDT BAY 



Fond of ornaments, they wear boars' tusks in their noses, feathers in their hair, and in 

 their ears almost anything. The boys, who are not yet full members of the tribe, have their 

 hair cut as the picture shows. This is done by scraping the head with a splinter of shell from 

 the giant clam (Tridacna). It is indeed a bloody operation. 



