CLOTHING AND ORNAMENT. 1 1 I 



N°. 247. Chrar. Kajô Entsâu; 30 cm. in length, sprearî 7 cm.; 10 bolts; handle slightly bent, wound 

 round with cuscus skin and with 2 Cacatua feathers eut as above, stuck on strips of quill. 



X°. 24S. PL VII, fig. 2. '/ 7 . La fi. Thaë; S bolts of palmwood, greatly flattened, bent in the handle to 

 - 3 of the circumference of a circle; stuck on the points, bi, 10 dry, sweet scented leaves of A mo- 

 in u m Car dam mu m; Areca-husk, fa, at the end. 



N°. 249. OinRke; 7 pins of the bract of Arenga saccharifera; length ip cm -> spread 5.5 cm.; the 

 handle wound round with cuscus skin and red calico. Out of the opening of the Areca-husk 

 4 cords hanging down, with an ornament like N°. 517 — 519 (PL XI, fig. 7). 



N°. 250. Tanah Merah; length 25, spread 7 cm.; 11 palmwood bolts, arrangea according to colour; 

 handle, by adding an additional boit on each side, consists of 13, the middle one the longest and 

 gradually decreasing in length towards the margins; 12 transverse fine rattan (?) lashings. Jammed 

 between the points sweet scented leaves (Zingiberaceae). 



N°. 251. Dôjo; length 28, spread 6 cm., 8 bolts; foot lashing partly of string, partly of rattan; handle 

 broadened in the middle by larger width of the component bolts; at the beginning and at the end 

 surrounded by strip of cuscus skin; Areca-husk at the end. 



N°. 252. Dôjo; length 30, spread 6 cm., 7 palm wood bolts; handle, slightly curved towards the end 

 (Areca-husk), by excessive flattening of the bolts only 7 m. m. broad; 7 lashings. 



N°. 253. Dôjo; length 27, spread 5.2 cm. with 7 points, in the handle 5 loose bolts are added; hère 

 smeared with a layer of a black material, which when heated becomes soft and sticky; entwined 

 by a string to which at each turn, on both flat sides of the handle, a Coix seed has been strung; 

 feather of Cacatua triton Temm. stuck on small strip of quill and 4 feathers of Tricho- 

 glossus cyano grammus WagL, eut open on both sides along the quill. 



N°. 254. PL VII, fig. 1. 1 j 7 . Mâhiroi. Ajâpo; 20 pins of Arenga saccharifera, arranged in a 

 transversely curved plane; foot lashing, kèmè, 5 cm. broad, of yellow grass stems (?) and black fern 

 roots (?), bordered towards the points, jomo, and towards the handle, kobâ, by a transverse rattan 

 lashing; higher up a zigzag one. Middle pins longest, provided with Areca-husk, prau. 



N°. 255. Mâhiroi. Ifâr; as N°. 254, 29 palm wood bolts, only the middle 4 of full length: 28 cm.; 

 spread ± 13 cm. On handle, convex side, 4 transverse strings of difFerently coloured beads. 



N°. 256. Mâhiroi. Ifâr; as N°. 247, length 29, spread 6 cm.; 10 bolts; handle broadest on the middle 

 of its length by the greater thickness of each of the bolts at this spot; higher up entwined with 

 cuscus skin, the end with Areca-husk. 



N°. 257. Mâhiroi. Ifâr; length 34, spread 7 cm.; 10 bolts, entwined near the foot lashing with cuscus 

 skin; two diverging handles, (Areca-husk at each end), of différent lengths, each formed by the 

 prolongation of 5 prongs, but broadened by intercallation of resp. 6 and 3 other bolts. 



N°. 258. PL VIII, fig. 7. '/ 2 . Angur. Tobâdi; ornamented with bird of paradise, tear; comb, chrar, 

 itself out of 8 pins of Arenga; passed over handle up to bases of prongs a rattan shield, 

 nintè, along the margin with 2 rows of Nassa, dèr, in between with red seeds of A brus praec a- 

 torius, umïsi, glued on with a sort of black putty, chère,; at the back a pièce of the soft pith of 

 Alstonia s c ho taris, sui, in which the long, yellow tail feathers, ônje, hâve been stuck fast, but 

 also, fan-shaped, some wooden strips, to which, with Pandanus fibres, ime, Amomum leaves and 

 the smaller, red feathers, mamïsi, are fastened; head, teâr châbâre, and neck also filled up 

 with sui and passed over handle, up to shield. Worn by the men at festivities, stuck in the hair 

 right above forehead. 



N°. 259. PL VII, fig. 15. '/-• -iVimêris. Kaptiau; oval pièce of prepared bark, on one side Nassa, 

 sewn on imbricatedly, in 8 continuous, spiral turns, leaving open spaces, occupied by transverse 



