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down on ail sides of the head, as can be noticed on PI. IL, fig. I. When in motion they 

 dangle along the forehead and the neck, and often stain the skin a good deal. HoRST [1889, 

 248] could not disguise his dislike, Van DER GOES, 1. c. however did not think it ungraceful 

 and I can share this opinion, but may not conceal that FlNSCH [1888 — 93, 227] who, much 

 taken with it, illustrâtes this hairdress (1888, 108, 362), grants the palm of beauty amongst 

 her Papuan sisterhood, to the woman of- Humboldt Bay. The choice between the two hair- 

 dresses appeared to me to be entirely left to the taste of the women. 



• Again it is characteristic that on Lake Sentâni, as well as along the coast to the west- 

 ward, the wearing of the clay tresses never occurs and is considered hère as a prérogative of 

 Humboldt Bay, which one does not dare to attack. When nevertheless I noticed this 

 hairdress at Asé, it appeared that the wearer was a lady from the Sentâni district married 

 in Humboldt Bay and now entitled to and not a little proud of the much envied dress. The 

 hairdress of the boys and men does not differ hère from H. B. — A hairdress not noticed until 

 now in Netherl. N. G. was met with at Sawéh as well as amongst the Sëkânto. The adult 

 men hère wear the hair short, with the exception of a round spot on the top of the head, 

 where it lias its full or at ail events a greater length, which gives the impression of a wig 

 which is too small for the wearer. A similar dress is mentioned a. o. by HaGEN [1899, 168] 

 from Finsch Harbour and Huon Gulf, where round the plume of hair a ring of rattan is worn 

 like the brim of a hat. Such rattan rims are also in the présent collection, but are not original 

 from Sâwé or Sëkânto. One single man of the Sëkânto wore a small beard; the women had 

 short hair. 



Men with very short hair were met by the expédition at Kaptiau, where in this case 

 almost always an ornament (N°. 259, PI. VII, fig. 15) or a wig was carried on the top of the head, 

 and also on the island of Mios Kôrwàr, where, owing to raids, people from Sowek near Supiôri had 

 fled with women and children and constructed some primitive dwellings. Still people wearing 

 ail their hair also occurred hère; I cannot, however, décide whether this was an indication of 

 social position, the latter being the masters, the former the slaves, as mentioned of Doré 

 by Van DER GOES [1858, 149] and of Tâbi (to the east of the mouths of the Amberno 

 River) by ROBIDÉ VAN DER Aa [1879, 109] the same as for Wâri, where yet another kind of 

 hairdress is observed amongst the men. This consists in ail the pretty long hair being gathered 

 into a bundle, round which, close behind the crown of the head a string is laid, by which 

 the shape of the head becomes more apparent, the bundle sticking out in the shape of a 

 large plume. It is questionable whether this dress, which as is well known, is prescribed by 

 the Missionaries to the frizzly haired Christian ladies, originates with the Papuans themselves. 

 It is a fact that DE CLERCQ ') saw on the men in the Maccluer Gulf the same kind of hair- 

 dress, also at Wéwé [1. c. 17, PI. I, fig. 1] where a handsome ring was used, and I myself on 

 the women at Siarî, who used a string of beads for the purpose. 



It may be mentioned in passing that KRUYT [1898, 10] saw the same hairdress on 

 people from the interior of Celebes, who had corne down to Paloppo; hère the string was 

 made of rattan. 



A corresponding effect is obtained when instead of the string a short bamboo tube, 



1) De Clercq and Schmeltz [1S93. 10, PI. XL, fig. 3 a]. 



