112 G. A. J. VAN DER SANDE. 



strings of black seed rings. A rope of 75 cm. uniting both oval ends, fitted for head circumference 

 of 57 cm. Worn by a man with short hait on the top of the head. 



N°. 260. PI. X, fig. r. ] /s- Mârpuikai. Tarfia; sausage-shaped pièce of bark entwined with bark strips 

 and cotton cord; convex side mounted with 2 longitudinal rows, each of ± 30 black Rhyticcros 

 feathers, eut down to 6 cm.; provided with rattan strips for transversal and horizontal head circum- 

 ference, strips sticking out abt. 40 cm. in front. Festive dress for men. 



N°. 261. Sjikai. Tarfia; as N°. 260, but on the top with longitudinal strip of red calico and in the 

 middle, erect, a 50 cm. long, whiplike strip of rattan and 3 Cacatua feathers, eut in herring-bone 

 pattern. Festive dress for men. 



N°. 262. PL X, fig. 5. 1 j lû . Tai(?) Oinâke; head ornament consisting of a long rattan, surrounded by 

 9 bunches of cassowary feathers fastened with thin reeds, placed on the top and with the lower 

 split end participating in the formation of a helmet of three horizontal, oval, rattan rings and eight 

 vertical ribs of split rattan; red clay sticking on inside. Found in the temple and only to be used 

 there; was to be kept out of sight of women and children. 



N°. 263. PL X, fig. 6. '/,„. TaiQ) Oinâke; as N°. 262, but with 4 erect feathered rattans, with their 

 lower extremities participating in the formation of the helmet ; rattan string for suspending. 



N°. 264. PL IX, fig. 8. 1 j . Chore. Ifâr; fiât, oval, wooden rim, 1.2 cm. thick; on both sides by a carved 

 line a périphérie strip demarcated, in which deepened, white spaces alternate with red and black 

 raised spaces; remainder divided by zigzag carving into triangles; inner ones white, outer ones red. 

 Weight 350 gram. Worn at festivities; the whole of the hair to be pulled through opening. 



N°. 265. PL IX, fig. 7. '/ 6 . Tjari. Thaë; as N°. 264, 1.2 cm. thick, nearly round and with a kind of 

 handle, in the shape of a reversed equicrural trapezium (bird's tail ?) ; one side with deepened, white 

 triangles with concave bases ; thèse and the standing sides alternatively : 1 red, 2 black, 3 red, 2 

 black. Festive dress as above; coloured side turned towards the face. 



FOREHEAD ORNAMENTS. 



N°. 266. PL XI, fig. 14. '/ii- Tjari. Thaë; crescent-shaped, of 0.8 cm. thick wood, at both points 

 a small hole, in which a string of bark; one side carved with 4 toothed, parallel ribs, alternatively 

 coloured red and black, on white ground. Obtained in the temple, pla, wrapped up in bark. Worn 

 on festive occasions by men, on forehead along lirait of hair, coloured side in front. 



N°. 267. PL IX, fig. 9. '/s- Tjari. Thaë; as N°. 266, but with 3 projections on the outer circumference, 

 the middle one pointed (bird's head?), both side ones broadest towards the end (bird's wings?); 

 one side with 2 sets of 8 deepened, white coloured triangles, separated by 2 parallel, zigzag, relief 

 lists, the inside one red, the outside one black. Found as N°. 266. 



N°. 268. PL IX, fig. 2. '/s- Tjari. Thaë; as N°. 266, near the ends with 2 wing-shaped projections, 

 small, narrow, elevated, red rim along the convexity ; both wings also with black and red raised rims 

 on white ground. Found and used as before. 



N°. 269. PL XI, fig. 12. '/s- Waba; as N°. 266, thickness diminishing towards the convexity (fig. 12a); 

 one side with 14 deepened, white coloured A A, with bases along the outer circumference, varied 

 with 13 relief A A, alternatively red and black, with bases along the inner circumference; at each 

 of the corners a small string of G ne tu m bark fibre. Obtained in the temple. Use as above. 



N°. 270. Erai. Asé; flat ring 6 cm. wide (diameter outside circumference 30, inside circumference 

 18 cm.) of 15 spiral turns of rattan, kept together by spiral enrwining with rattan strips; inner 

 margin, mè, strengthened with 3 extra rings; coloured with radiating stripes of lime, au, red clay, 

 mïre, and soot, èbè (?). From a men's watch-house ; used on spécial occasions. 



N°. 271 PL IX, fig. 1. 1 I 7 . Erai. Asé; as N°. 270, inner margin only with 2 extra rings; the spiral 

 entwining very regularly (fig. ia); at the back red clay sticking on. Found and used as before. 



