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I seldom or never met with tattooing designs which corresponded with those of H. B. ; 

 something which to some extent resembles the bow is illustrated by DE CLERCQ and SCHMELTZ 

 [1893, 32, fig. 11] of Jamna, where it occurs on the chest of a man; the name v kana" 

 given for this by the natives to De CLERCQ, probably refers to the rosin, which, when burnt, 

 provides the soot for the tattooing and which is called ^kancV in the closely allied language of 

 Lake Sentàni. On the face of the women of Nagramâdu, a settlement half-way between 

 Kwatisoré and Lake Jamïir, I saw a drawing like fig. 22, a crossing of two reversed coils, but 

 where, probably as a matter of convenience, the drawer has placed one of the 

 curls in the wrong way. Similar reversed coils are mentioned by DE CLERCQ and 

 SCHMELTZ [1S93, 32] on the faces of men and women at Wendèsi and Wan- 

 damèn as well as [1. c. 31] on the chest and shoulders of people of Bonggôse 

 and Sirito; it has however not been ascertained whether thèse curls hâve the Fig. 22. '/ 2 . 

 same meaning hère as in Humboldt Bay. FlNSCH [188S, 362] gives an illustration of Tattooingfigure 

 the tattooing of the women in H. B. amongst which the leech, the bow and the Naeramâd' 

 hornbill can be recognised, I however, believe that he can only hâve seen the 

 bow on the men. Besides the chest and arms, the back, the hands, the upper and the lower 

 leg, the forehead, the cheeks and the chin are also tattooed, but the two latter places always 

 remain free in the case of the men. Thèse tattooing designs of the H. B. women hâve not 

 escaped the notice of a single visitor, a clear proof that the skin of the women is indeed of 

 a somewhat lighter colour than that of the men, thus allowing the blue black figures to 

 stand out more clearly. 



On Lake Sentâni tattooing is much less used by men ; a great many are entirely 

 without it, but some designs of H. B. amongst others the fish-eye (by préférence in the 

 middle of the forehead) are found back hère. When I had intimated in the village 

 of Asé, the désire to be allowed to witness the tattooing of a boy, the fathers declared to 

 be unable to assist me in this matter, as there happened not to be a single boy who wished 

 to be tattooed. Evidently the choice of the proper time, is left to the boys themselves, even 

 if between certain fixed limits. I hère remember how DE CLERCQ and SCHMELTZ [1893, 32] 

 reported that children were never tattooed at the request of the parents, but entirely accord- 

 ing to their own choice. In the village of Waba, which, although situated in H. B., 

 belongs to the tribe of the Sentâni, the tattooing customs are the same as on the lake. 

 The women hâve commonly an abundant tattooing of the front of the body, often 

 consisting of a quantity of parallel zigzag lines, often only the bosom is decorated. In the 

 villages of Nâcheibe and Sâgeisârâ I found on the chest of the men a drawing as fig. 23, 1 

 extending from shoulder to shoulder, on the back generally a symmetrical drawing 

 called nâturarâ (perhaps the word natu hère means : child). Some calves were also decorated, 

 but the diversity of the designs did not appear to me to be very great. Hère it was again 

 said, that tattooing was the work of the women, thèse, themselves, were, as well as on Lake 

 Sentâni, tattooed abundantly on the backs and the lower legs but especially between the 

 mammae. This latter tattooing, that on the backs of the men, the name given to this and 

 no less the design, illustrated in fig. 23, 2, give rise to the supposition that the meaning of 

 it ail will, on further examination, prove to be more or less identical with the breast plate-shaped 

 tattooing (gatto) which, according to FlNSCH [1888 — 93, 89, fig. 5] indicates with the Motu 



