2,6 G. A. J. VAN DER SANDE. 



[1904, 1006] also met with in the dwellings of the related tribe of the Alénam, may 

 be intended for driving away the mosquitoes and at the same time to warm the slee- 

 pers during the night, but there is no question hère either, of any cover. On the island 

 of Angâdi in Lake Jamûr, situated 40 M. above the sea and in the deserted houses 

 of the other villages on the shores of this lake, I never savv such raised sleeping frames, 

 but hère pièces of prepared bark, pan urd, served as a covering during the night. Such pièces 

 of bark, Van DER CHYS mentions in his catalogue [1894, 162, N°. 6951] as blankets, which 

 are said to corne from H. B. ; I présume thèse are women's petticoats, at least our Papuan 

 carriers from Humboldt Bay were always able to manage without blankets on our expé- 

 ditions. Although no friends of rain, which c. q. may damage the hairdress, they bore it very 

 patiently when necessary. They covered, during a shower, as faithful servants, their load of 

 rice with leaves and usually allowed themselves to get wet. Their night-bivouac in the forest, 

 a sloping roof of leaves, under which they slept quite naked, as a rule protected them more 

 against rain than that of the Malay coolies. Usually they then slept on a number of branches 

 placed alongside each other; absolutely no use was made of a mat, as de CLERCQ ') saw 

 the western Papuans always carrying with them in the forest. During the fresh morning hours, 

 the Humboldt Bay man may sometimes, shivering on account of the landwind, stand with his 

 arms crossed over the chest, the hands on the shoulders, „\vrapped up in his own skin", when 

 presently the sun rises over the hills, this son of nature begins to unfold and his coffeebrown 

 catches with delight the rays, which caused blisters on the skin of the members of the expé- 

 dition, especially in boats on smooth water. The broad wooden rim (N°. 264, PL IX, fig. 8) 

 according to original reports in the village of Ifâr (Lake Sentâni) used against the rays of 

 the sun, proved afterwards to be a painted ornament for festivities and in a modified form 

 also occurred elsewhere. The same may be said of similar, entire or half rims twisted out of 

 rattan, which occur hère (N°. 270 — 276, PI. IX, fig. 1, PI. X, fig. 2) and therefore I can only 

 take the corresponding headcovering collected by De CLERCQ -) and according to him used 

 to keep off the rays of the sun, to be an ornament. WlLLEMOES-SUHM [1877, 161] called it 

 „a diadem of basketware, in which they stick flowers". The hat of DE CLERCQ, originating 

 from Humboldt Bay 3 ), is probably unique. For if this headcovering was really intended 

 for the said purpose, namely „for protection against the rays of the sun'", and used other- 

 wise than in exceptional cases, the members of this expédition should certainly hâve seen it 

 worn on the numerous occasions when they saw close upon a hundred fishermen, at the most 

 trying hour of the solar day, occupied with fishing on the banks. The Berlin Muséum 

 possesses a still larger hat (N°. 7312) from Prau(r), Netherlands north coast, and another one 

 collected by FlNSCH at the mouth of the Tami River, described as „basket, hatshaped" 

 (N°. 9240). 



The browband of the island of Liki 4 ) composed of hairtresses, and as understood from 

 the Papuans intended as a protection against the rain, is, I found out (N 0- 221, PI. VII, fig. 13), 

 worn out of attachment towards deceased or living persons, and thus one looks in vain in 



1) De Clercq and Schmeltz [1S93, 82]. 2) De Clercq and Schmeltz [1893, 18, N°. 36, PI. IV, fig. 6]. 



3) De Clercq and Schmeltz [1893, 18, N°. 39, fig. 2]. 



4) De Clercq and Schmeltz [1S93, 19, N°. 35, PL II. fig. 3]. 



