■JO G. A. J. VAN DER SANDE. 



wanting on this side of the Netherlands German frontier, even already at Oinâke. 

 Another ornament met with on the hair, originates from Kaptiau (N°. 259, PL VII, 

 fig. 15) and consists of an oval pièce of bark, covered with Nassa and black seed rings. A 

 man with short hair (but not bald) wore it transversely over the head. No red clay can be 

 traced on it. Similar objects are in the possession of Rotterdam (N°. 6700), Leyden (Ser. 435, 

 N°. 17) and Berlin (N°. 3204, Geelvink Bay — Tanah Merah) but as forehead ornament, in 

 which way D'Albertis [18S0, 86] also describes the v luezd', Von Rosenberg [1875, 89, 

 103, PL XII] the „àurea" and the v us?r of the Hâtam, the ^seruap" of the Arfak. 



N c . 260 (PL X, fig. 1) and N°. 261, helmet-sh aped, were found in a private house in 

 Tarfia and it was not necessary, when they were removed, to hide them from women and 

 children ; therefore the festive occasions, on which they are carried by the men, the rattan 

 ends sticking out in front, hâve probably nothing to do with religion. The two rows of 

 stumps of feathers on N°. 260, suggest an intentional imitation of a bird ; besides, such an 

 object was already mentioned by Foy [1902, 380, fig. 1] of Humboldt Bay under the name 

 of mân (= bird). N°. 261 covered with red calico and indicated by another name, is possibly 

 an imitation of something else. Both the helmets of Oinâke (Attack Harbour) N°. 262 and 

 N°. 263 (PL X, fig. 5 and 6) were found there in the darkness of the temple, hanging on 

 the centre pôle and evidently belonging to the fittings of this building and to be used on 

 the occasion of religious festivals. The exchange against steel knives was not very difficult, 

 still the bargain could not be closed before some young men who had been sent out, 

 returned with a quantity of large leaves, in which the helmets, including the long plumes, 

 were wrapped up beyond récognition. And to prevent the objects being seen by the women, 

 they were brought by a couple of men along an inner road to the boat. By want of know- 

 ledge of the language I could not get to know anything more about them, which is to be 

 regretted ail the more, because thèse helmets are new for the whole of this territory. The 

 collection of the Utrecht Missionary Society does indeed contain as N°. 644 a „dance hat", 

 aburpè, made out of the shell of a large fruit, according to the catalogue intended for 

 young men in the kdrewâri, and according to BlNK [1897, 171] „worn by some men at 

 certain feasts", but it is not distinctly stated that it must remain hidden from women. No 

 such „dance hats" are now used. Fov [1901, PL XVII) and MEYER and PARKINSON [1900, 

 PL XLII] give such articles from the Bismarck Archipelago, which, like those of Oinâke, are 

 placed over the head down to the shoulders, but thèse are lined and also arranged as masks, 

 whilst the helmets of Oinâke are entirely open. 



Worthy of notice also are the broad, painted wooden rings, N°. 264 of Ifâr, 

 PL IX, fig. 8 and N°. 265 of Thaë PL IX, fig. 7 made out of disk-shaped fiât pièces of light 

 wood, with an opening too small to admit the whole of the head, but large enough to pull 

 through the whole mop of the men, who wear thèse rings round the head at feasts. Till now 

 they were known of South and East New Guinea (SCHMELTZ [1895, 164] FlNSCH [1888 — 93, 

 159], Berlin Muséum, N°. 12923 and 12924 of the Massim District). 



The collection at Utrecht contains however already for a long time (N°. 642 and 643) 

 two similar wooden rings painted with triangles and with two snakes, collected by BlNK in 

 1893 in Humboldt Bay, on which, at two diametrically placed points of the outer edge the 

 head and the tail of a bird occur and which, according to the catalogue serve at the dances 



