CLOTHING AND ORNAMENT. 



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with one long cord. The run of the thread (see fig. 47) is explained under the said No's. 

 Thèse calf bands hâve a number of loops at each end, which are often festooned into one 



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Fig. 68. Patterns of fibre bands. 



Fig. 69. Pattern of fibre bands. 



loop by the beginning (resp. the end) of the thread, besides being long enough'to enable the 

 calf band to be fastened with it. The calf bands hère referred to, are, by means of the bead 

 ornament, Nassa, cuscus skin and cord fringe, the most beautiful of the collection and it may 

 be concluded from this that the people of Jôtefa regard pattern fig. 47, as their most beautiful 

 product of rope plaiting; hence the cord of thèse bands is always made of very fine white 

 fibre. The same pattern was already mentioned above of the breast ornament N°. 385 (PL XIII, 

 fig. 5) and can also be found on the man's bag N°. 639, srorsror, of Tobâdi; elsewhere however 

 I did not find it and as far as the inquiry has now advanced, the pattern appears to be 

 localised hère. 



The set of calf bands of Kajô Entsàu (N°. 515, PL XVII, fig. 4) is again manufac- 

 tured in another manner. From the pattern, enlarged for the sake of clearness in fig. 70, it 

 is easy to recognise the weft thread, which passes between the warp threads, of the latter 

 each two being twisted together. In reality this 

 pattern forms a good close tissue. 



The collection finally contains another leglet 

 of Tarfia (N°. 516, PL XVII, fig. 2) manufactured 

 just like the waist girdles (N°. 417 — 418) and the 

 arm bands (N°. 483- — 490) of this place after the 

 style of the weaving frame N°. 716 (PL XXV, 

 fig. 1), to which Nassa and black seed rings are 

 attached. A similar set with place of origin „north 

 coast", in the Berlin Muséum (N°. 3225) can also only originally hâve corne from Tarfia; — 

 they are ail men's wear. DE CLERCQ does not mention this calf band, but collected fine 

 spécimens from Napan in Geelvink Bay (De CLERCQ and SCHMELTZ [1893, 44, N°. 234 and 

 234a, PL X, figs. 7 and 10 ; N°. 2341!]) of threaded beads, in the same manner as on comb 

 N°. 243 (PL VIII, figs. 1 and ia) from Kwatisoré. 



Décoration of the ankles is often seen with the Papuan. In British N. G. ruftles of 

 Nova Guinea. III. Ethnography. 14 



Fig. 70. Pattern of calf bands. 



