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N°. 654. PI. XXII, fig. 11. '/ 9 . Wâchc. Ingrâs; model of men's boat, hollowed out of white wood; a 

 toy, not exactly true to nature. On and near the front edge of the platform, wâkôb, as well to the 

 right as to the left. a strong support, âbè genû, âbiaigenu, for the mast, âbiâi; the head of this vvith 

 bifurcation and ornamented with cassowary feathers, châtuâr arû; cord stays towards bow, stern and 

 transversely, towards end of hindmost cross pôle, wâriât; side-boards, brebâre, and hull painted: birds 

 with wings in a forward and backward position, and with several appendices; head sometimes repre- 

 sented by one or three dashes. Fore stay missing. 



N°. 655. Oinâke; model of men's canoë, 76 cm. in length, diameter of hull 10.5 cm., opening 4 cm. 

 wide; no side-boards; prow, longer than stern, with barbs along lower margin. Cross pôle 65 cm. 

 long and sticking out 10 cm. at the portside; platform (incomplète) and railing see page 201. Child- 

 ren's toy, found under a house. 



N°. 656. Ingrâs; two pièces of the wall of men's boat, thickness 1.7 — 2.4 cm.; upper edge sharp and 

 showing by a 2 cm. broad, light coloured border, how far the side-board overlapped. Carved with 

 bird (fish) figures, mârau, the heads of 2 figures continued in curved bands and 5 figures, ail with 

 the heads turned towards a carved, angular band, sèrebâb (see also fig. 177). 



X 3 . 657. Tsja. A se; men's canoë, out of a trunk of yellowish white, spécifie light wood. Keel, èdu, ètu, 

 rounded, towards both ends with a flat, projecting extremity; sidewalls, ènewai, slightly convex, along 

 edges with a ridge, fsrôi, ending fore and aft in a carved (eye?) ornament, Jdro; round stern, 

 mori, mëri, an ornamental border. On lower part of prow, ëbcgwè, amidships, a longitudinal row of 4 

 carved points, kara, on upper part one of 6 points, both passing in front on to a bowsprit, ko, at 

 the foot with 4 circular notches. Length over ail, 4.76 m., on waterline, 3 m.; draught, with board 

 22.5 cm., extrême beam, 26 cm., depth of hull, Si, 19 cm., beam between the edges in the middle, 

 16 cm.; bowsprit, 27 cm.; weight, 11.95 K. G. 



Ornamental prows. 



N°. 658. Wâche meti. Tobâdi; S-shaped wooden ornament for stem of men's canoë, wàche, front part 

 pointing upwards 6o°, represents bird's head (G r a c 11 ht s = wâmdi) with crop, foretûge, 2 eyes and 

 long beak, sûge, (at the point a projection pointing down (hooked bill) is broken off); on this a dog, 

 gonje, the head, with eyes and mouth-slit, 4 paws, each with 3 toes carved on thebeak; his tailonand 

 over the bird's head, connected with bird's wings and a broad bird's tail (of a kind ofsparrow ^waime). 

 Behind this, the tail and body of a sawfish (?) g'drèp, gârèbe, sèrebâche or teri with a flat, square, 

 inclined head, on which 2 black spots, as eyes. On front side of vertical part, a set of 2 fishes with 

 wooden projections as fins, potûgc, tails, châse, against each other, encircling a round opening, dibo; 

 the upper one, sèrebâche, with a pointed, long beak, as far as bird's crop, the lower representing a 

 shark, oi, with round head- and slit beak; horizontal end, wâchc meti no, with transverse hole, dibo; 

 upper part with set of fishes as before, sides with carved ornament, âne sen'ébûne, consisting of 3 eye 

 ornaments and a fish figure. Painted red, yellow, white and black; loop for suspending of bark fibre. 



N°. 659. PI. XXIII, figs. 3 and 3 a . '/ 4 . Wâche meti. Tobâdi; like N°. 658, bird's beak with slit; ends 

 of bird's wings not touching the tail; quarters of dog in relief; side projections (fins) on unpaired 

 animal figure, carved eye and transverse, dental carving on square head part; upper sèrebâche with 

 teeth. Painted as above. 



N°. 660. PL XXIII, figs. 4 and 4 a . ! /v Wâchc meti. Tobâdi; like N°. 659 bird's crop red, with black 

 and white spots, ends of wings (fig. 4 a near c) free; dog with small projections as ears and scrotum, 

 foretûge, (fig. 4 near b); unpaired figure on both sides of body with curved gill slits (fig. 4 near c, 

 fig. 4 a near é), head with eyes and transverse, dental line. 



N°. 661. Wâche meti. Tobâdi; as before, total length 71 cm.; on back of bird's beak only an oval 



