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was seen by De CLERCQ ') in Tanah Merah, of which the illustration, however, déviâtes. 

 From Tumleo it is reported by Erdweg [1902, fig. 233] in the cylindrical but somewhat modified 

 shape. On a sailing boat from Ali, North New Guinea, (Meyer and Parkinson [1894, PI. 45]), I recognise 

 in the object which in the text. on page 13, is indicated by mistake as a drum, exactly the same smoking 

 cylinder, of which the bars of the grating are just visible on the side which is turned away from the 

 spectator. 



For bigger fishes the apparatus is too small, thèse are treated for immédiate use, on 

 sticks over the tire, half roasted, half smoked, at least the flesh is finally rather dry. There 

 are still other methods for smoking small fishes ; those that hâve to be preserved for a lon- 

 ger period or are intended for trading purposes are strung in great quantifies in a curious 

 manner by the heads and tails on to long pièces of wood. I fancy FlNSCH has sent spécimens 

 of thèse to the Berlin Muséum, that are very similar to what I noticed on Lake Sentâni. 

 My spécimen got lost in the stomachs of the kuli's. I hâve not seen the boiling of fish- 

 dishes ; it is certainly not as common in Humboldt Bay and surroundings as in K. W. Land, 

 where according to FlNSCH [ 1S88 — 93, 201] and SCHELLONG [1905, 613] nearly ail food is 

 boiled. Still, pièces of méat or fish, wrapped up in Musa-leaves, are sometimes roasted in 

 hot ashes. The préparation of the sago-porridge sometimes takes place in bamboo, as VAN 

 DER GOES [1S58, 110] saw amongst the inhabitants of Adi (south west coast), but generally 

 in earthenware pots. Those in use in Humboldt Bay are made at Kajô Jenbi, situ- 

 ated on the outer bay, from where they find their way to the coast-districts and apparently 

 also to Lake Sentâni. PREUSS [1899, 163] places their origin on the Tanah Merah Bay and FlNSCH 

 [1888, 353] calls them îtro and looks upon them as products from the villages of the inner 

 bay, whilst the mountain Mèr, situated on this bay, is supposed to provide the clay used 

 for the manufacture. Both authors are in error (see Chapter VIII). Ail the same, thèse pots 

 decidedly deserve the attention given to them by the différent visitors of Humboldt Bay. 



The collection contains some five spécimens (N°. 63 — 67) in the forai of a globe, of 

 which one must imagine a segment to hâve been eut off and the edge of the opening, thus 

 formed, turned slightly outwards. They thus resemble the Bilibili pot, illustrated by HaGEN 

 [1899, PI. 25] and by BlRO [1901, PI. VII, fig. 5]. The measurements also correspond. 

 Only the rim of the Bilibili pot is much broader and more turned up, the bottom part of 

 the pot somewhat flatter ; thus with the same diameter, the pot of Humboldt Bay is 

 higher. The pot which DE CLERCQ -) saw in the neighbouring Wandisiau, is also globe-shaped 

 but the bent rim is wanting, as is also the case with a pot which FlNSCH [i888 a , PI. IV, 

 fig. 2] met with at the Sechstroh River, therefore in the district of Sëkâ. Possibly thèse originate 

 from Tumleo (see ERDWEG [1902, 354, fig. 243/]). This island also furnishes pots, which 

 stand half way between the Bilibili pot and the Humboldt Bay pot (Meyer and PARKINSON 

 [1900, PI. 17]) but according to ERDWEG'S description also a variety of other forms. Edge 

 Partixgtox [1890, PI. 310, N°. 1] illustrâtes a pot of Redscar Bay which resembles much 

 the pot of Humboldt Bay. 



The Humboldt Bay pot is striking on account of the purity of the globular shape, 

 also the even thickness of the walls, which vary between 5 and 7 m. m., whilst the bottom is 

 only a trace thicker. Thus it has been possible to manufacture a pot which, as N°. 64, with 



1) De Clercq and Schmeltz [1893, 59, fig. 17]. 2) De Clerco and Schmeltz [1893, 61, N°. 307, PI. XVI. fig. 15]. 



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