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uni dbbre, is substituted, like the five nicely carved spécimens (N°. 213 — 217, PI. VI, fig. 7 

 and 7») from Kwatisoré. Often two are used ; from each a hair plume, like a tassel with a 

 handle, then projects (fig. 32). This female dress also noticed at Nâpan (fig. 1 1), already known 

 of several places in Geelvink Bay through De Clercq and SCHMELTZ [1893, 17], is also, 

 according to the same, adopted at Ansus by the men, sometimes to the extent offour small 

 tubes, of which on Japen one is then worn in front, one on each side, and one (the widest) 

 behind, but only on festive occasions (HORST [1889, 236]). D'ALBERTIS [1880, I, 48] saw on 

 the men of Hâtam, no fewer than five or six of thèse tubes in use. 



The boys and men of Kwatisoré, wearing the mop, do not use thèse tubes, but 

 made them for the women and in order the better to show off the carved ornament against 

 the yellow colour of the bamboo, the intaglio portion is filled up with a black substance. 

 N°. 217 is a pièce of bamboo, 28 cm. long, on which a set of three tubes is marked off, but 

 of which one is still unfinished, which possibly proves that hère in Kwatisoré three tubes are 

 sometimes worn together. The Manikion often wear the hair short, sometimes the mop, but 

 more often the division in différent small tassels, mentioned and illustrated by De Clercq 

 and SCHMELTZ [1893, 10, PI. XL, fig. 5]; the tassels however hâve, according to fig. 34, a 

 somewhat longer handle, wound round with vegetable fibres and are standing to the number 

 of 15 — 25 spread over the entire surface of the head. No 

 instructions exist in this respect, every one, I was told, 

 is free in choosing his hairdress. The men of the neigh- 

 bouring Ménam tribe hâve, according to the report of 

 Vax Oosterzee [1904, 1005], a similar hairdress, but the 

 Arfak, again living somewhat more to the north, dress the 

 hair in 4 — 5 round balls (VAN HaSSELT [1886, 577]); 

 illustrations of this are given by VON ROSENBERG [1875, 

 PL X] and also by DALBERTIS [1880, I, 92] but only with 

 1 — 3 bundles, which are also, according to the description 

 of VAN DER GOES [1858, 164] simply created by stringing 

 them together at the base. The men of Tarfia obtain 

 through the abundance of the tresses of hair, which hang 

 down regularly over the back and shoulders like mânes, 

 a well cared for appearance, to which the illustration of 

 De Clercq and Schmeltz [1893, PI. XLI, fig. 1] does 

 not altogether give due crédit. I was unable to find out 

 whether thèse tresses were formed by plaiting. No doubt 

 the most curious hairdress was the one of a man from 

 Tarfia (fig. 28, man in the middle; PI. L, fig. 1 and 2) who had joined ail his hair in a 

 sagittal row of plaits (one of thèse, N°. 211, shown in PI. VII, fig. Il), which stood up straight, 

 tied together. ROBIDÉ VAN DER Aa [1879, 109] refers of Tàbi, HORST [1889, 241] of Anus, to similar 

 pyramidical dressing of the hair; also remarkable is the hairdress of a Mawes man, shown 

 in fig. 28 and in PL L, fig. 3 and 4. The beard, generally speaking, is not desired by the 

 men of H. B. ; the growth is not luxurious by nature and besides they pull out the hairs. 

 A striking but practical method for this, is to catch hold of the stubbles between 



Fig. 34. Papuans of the Manikion tribe. 



