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G. A. J. VAN DER SANDE. 



Necklaces made from human ribs, according to PARKINSON [1900, PI. XVI, fig. 2] 

 often used in the Berlin Harbour district, hâve nowhere been seen on the Netherl. terri- 

 tory. When I say that the neck collars of plaited string, so characteristic of the 

 south east and of which the Leyden Muséum (Ser. 764, N°. 17) possesses a spécimen, 

 manufactured according to a pattern similar to fig. 67 (see Uhle [1888, 175, fig. 3]), are not 

 reported from the Netherl. territory, some characteristic différences in kind and distribution 

 of the neck ornaments are enumerated. The increased navigation and foreign trade, which 

 now-a-days reach nearly ail the coast districts, occasion the very common use of coloured 

 beads as neck ornaments. Hence the industry of Tarfia, which formerly (De CLERCQ 

 and SCHMELTZ [1893, 29, PL VII]) produced so many ornaments, amongst them neck- 

 laces, made from Coix, Adenanthera and black seed rings, has been modified by the 

 use of beads, with which really pretty effects are obtained. DE CLERCQ fortunately saved 

 spécimens of the lost culture. 



Our modem beads are however by no means valued as highly as the old currency- 

 beads (see Chapter VII). By rubbing them with corals and an endeavour is sometimes made, 

 as with the necklaces of Ingrâs (N°. 374), to give the modem beads the dull appearance of 

 the valuable old beads. From Sawé (N°. 376) and from Sâgeisârâ (N°. 375, PI. XIII, fig. 3), 

 places at which steamers do not call, I collected necklaces on which there were beads as well 

 as shells or black seed rings, those of Sâgeisârâ however of a peculiar make, also date from 

 an old industry, for which reason I further refer to them with the currency-beads. With 

 most of the other neck ornaments in the collection, the décoration of the chest with suspended 

 articles, is the main object. Thus with N°. 379 (PI. XIII, fig. S) from Seisârâ, where 

 seven ground-off boars" tusks form a poor sort of breast shield ; it is to be noticed that the 

 conically bored holes ail start from the back, for which reason the opening in the hard enamel 

 of the front surface is very small. 



It is improbable that this ornament is of any worth as a breast protector. True, 

 the bearing of the inhabitants of this village on occasion of our visit on the 16* of April 1903, was 

 very suspicious, somewhat unfriendly, and some of the men drove the women inside the 

 houses, but of a direct préparation for war there did not appear to me to be any question. 

 Nor were there any active hostilities at the meeting on the i8 tn of April either. That on 

 Lake Sentâni on ordinary occasions the set of tusks, which is used as an ornament for the 

 nose, is generally worn on a neck string, either plaited or not, on the breast, has already 



been mentioned. N°. 385 (PI. XIII, fig. 5) of Lake 

 Sentâni consists of a neck band plaited from rope according 

 to the pattern of fig. 47, otherwise seldom used and further 

 it is ornamented with Coix and with rope fringe. 



As ail personal ornaments on this lake are inferior 

 and cannot stand comparison with those of the coast 

 districts, this object is also poor when compared with 

 that of Kajo Entsâu (N°. 386, PI. XIV, fig. 2), not occur- 

 ring in the otherwise so complète collection of De CLERCQ. 

 It is generally worn at dances. KONING [1903, 264, PI. 3] gives illustrations of some people 

 of Tobadi, decorated with the ornament in question. I myself saw it on the visitors from 



Fig. 47. Pattern of rope bands 



