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the Abrus beans (De Clercq and Schmeltz [1893, 19, N°. 47, PI. I, fig. 13]. The second, N°. 291, 



PI. VIII, fig. 5 and 5 a , consisting of rows ofCoix seeds, joined into an oval, the way they are fastened 



deserving attention, was found in Sëkâ just on this 



side of the Netherl. German boundary. It was met 



with by FlNSCH [1888 — 93, 236] in Attack Harbour 



and by PARKINSON [1900, 26, PL XVIII, fig. 14] near 



Berlin Harbour, where it is fastened higher up 



on the forehead, about three inches above the 



eyebrows, thus preventing the hair from dropping 



over the forehead. On the island of Angail it is worn 



by the married men (MEYER and PARKINSON 



[1900, PI. 20]) still higher up, pressing back the 



hair. The Berlin Muséum also possesses some 



spécimens from the territory Attack Harbour ■ — 



Tanah Merah Bay. 



Browbands of cuscus skin, like N°. 289 

 of Kaptiau, are also known of British N. G. (MAC- 

 GREGOR [1897, 50]); in K. W. Land large pièces, 

 with tail and legs still attached, are worn on the 

 head (FlNSCH [1888, 333, 369]), or caps are made 

 from it (HAGEN [1899, PI. 20]). N°. 292 and 

 293 (PL XI, fig. 2) of Ingrâs, are strings of Nassa 

 and black seed rings, which look very well, altho' 

 the boar's tusks hanging down the temples cer- 

 tainly do not soften the appearance of the wearer. 

 Edge PARTINGTON [1890, PL 290, N°. 3] illustrâtes 

 this frontlet with the tusks pointing upwards. It 

 is a dress for the men, which I did not meet with 

 outside H. B., but the Berlin Muséum contains two 

 spécimens (N°. 3201 and 3202) with the notice: 

 north coast between Geelvink Bay and Tanah 

 Merah. Ornaments as N°. 294 (PL XII, fig. 10) of 

 Ximbûran, consisting of boar's tusks, ground down F ; g . 4I . 



in SUCh a way that only One side (the COnvex Forehead ornament with boar's tusks; Nimbûran. 



one) of the three remains, joined together in 



pairs and fastened round the head with small strings in the manner of fig. 41 are very 

 rare; just the same as a similar dress described by ERDWEG [1902, 319, fig. 212] of 

 Tumleo. Finally still N°. 29; of the Arfak Mountains, pièces of mother of pearl {Turbo 

 olearius), a female dress which De CLERCQ and SCHMELTZ [1893, 20, N°. 50, PL II, 

 fig. 17] also mention of Masibabé, situated to the south of the Arfak Mountains and 

 which I saw worn by women at Horna, still more to the south and further in the interior. 

 It is remarkable that this ornament for the forehead, as well as that of shell disks of Conits 

 (fig. 42) is so well liked by the mountaineers, also by the women, and it is not improbable 

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