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principally of silica, 38.o8°/ , magnesia 34.42 / , protoxide and sesquioxide of iron 8.i9°/ and water 

 i6.32°/ . (CrÉTIER [1877, 71] did not find any magnesia in eatable earth ofAdmiralty Island, but 

 on the other hand much alumina, 35.44°/ ). The grey, the red and the yellow clay hâve, ac- 

 cording to Prof. Dr. A. WlCHMANN, notwithstanding the différence in colour, a great similarity 

 in the composition. In Humboldt Bay black and red, and especially the first, were the favorite 

 colours with which to paint one self. When any thing spécial was taking place, the number 

 of black painted men noticeably increased. Thus with the religious feast at Waba (fig. 179 

 and 180); but never did black come so much to the fore as on the occasion of a compétition 

 in shooting with bow and arrow, organised by the expédition. At the appointed hour the 

 competitors approached our dwelling in double quick time, not in a straight line but with 

 great curves, they threw their bodies forward and backward, lifting high their legs, and moving 

 wildly their arms with bow and arrows, shouting loudly ail the time. Ail tins created the 

 impression of warriors rushing to the fight. From this quite unexpected and purposely arranged 

 représentation, during which, most of the Papuans had a wild expression in the face, it might 

 be concluded that they wished to interpret the shooting compétitions as actual war, and the 

 gênerai use of black, would then stamp this as the colour of war. Tugeri youngsters who are 

 being initiated into manhood in seclusion, are also often blackened (SCHMELTZ [1905, 197, fig. 3]). 



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Fig. 25. Face painting; Humboldt Bay. 



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Fig. 26. Breast painting: Humboldt Bay. 



But after this expérience, I consider it unimaginable that black could be hère a colour of 

 mourning; — during our stay nobody died and I attribute it to this that we neither saw the 

 yellow colour used, which on the adjacent Tumleo is the mourning colour. The white, I hâve 

 only seen applied to the skin on some few occasions. The designs of fig. 25, in black are 

 ail taken on the occasion of the shooting compétitions, the three figures to the left in the 

 upper row, of people from Ingrâs, the others from Tobâdi. Evidently, the opening of the mouth 



