2 12 G. A. J. VAN DER SANDE. 



excrescence; ends of wings connectée! with edges of tail; both sèrebâchc with teeth in mouth-slit; 

 unpaired animal figure with fins, gill slits, but no transverse carving on square part. 



N°, 662. PI. XX, fig. 6. '/g. Sort. Tanah Merah; as before, but less curved and not painted; bird's 

 beak straight, crop pointed, behind and under the head, an excrescence with eye ornament, on both 

 sides of neck carvings (wings and tail?); unpaired animal figure without tail, on both sides of body 

 3 gill slits; head part rounded and with eyes; horizontal, paired figures with double mouth-slits; end 

 with transverse rows of triangles, in front corner a fish figure. 



X 3 . 663. PI. XXII, fig. 9. ] /g- Tobâdi; as before, in the shape of two small planks, meeting in an angle, 

 on outside with connected fish figures in relief; in front, at the point, an erect head, kdkâr (Micro- 

 ,gloss us), bent somewhat backwards, with crest, from which the nose ridge descends; to this nose 

 wings; eyes circular, mouth-slit as two horizontal carvings, between which, a relief ridge; in the 

 planks two holes for lashings. Derived from more western parts; see fig. 136. 



X 3 . 664. PI. XXII, fig. 10. '/ e . Mûri tâbor. Tobâdi; stern ornament belonging to and in the style of 

 N°. 663 ; but the point continued obliquely upwards, in a blunt end with carved button. Side-planks 

 carved as above, port side moreover with five pointed star; crest on narrow skull; nose beak-shaped; 

 mouth-slit partly double; to the right and left along back part of head a dog (?) figure, the paws on 

 a vertically carved band; in front and at ends of side-planks, transverse holes for lashings. The head 

 is said to represent the black bird of paradise, piakore. Origine as above. 



N°. 665. PL XXII, fig. 8. '/g. Horiè-. Kwatisoré; a plank, 7 m.m. thick, on both margins along plain 

 middle strip, coloured Systems of curls and hooks in open work; upper part unfinished, but the 

 plan superficially carved and some round holes burnt in; caught between 2 wooden strips; on top 

 squatting, human figure, jd/nend idjè, feathers, wèhëgrè, of cassowary, topabrè, instead of hair, and 

 above this a plume of yellowish brown feathers, mabrugrè. (See Uhle [1886, 2, PL II, figs. 2, 5 and 8]; 

 De Clercq and Schmeltz [1893, 94, N°. 456, PL XXIV, figs. 9 and 9a]). 



X°. 666. Todie. Kwatisoré; of yellowish brown wood, length 47, breadth ± 9 cm.; at top 6 cm. thick, 

 lower down thicker and with a deep slit (in the plane) and holes burnt in for fastening on canoë; 

 upper end represents human head, mounted with cassowary feathers, topabrè; limbs and body open 

 worked on a transverse part; four arms, knees drawn up as far as elbows, feet curled upward. (See 

 De Clercq and Schmeltz [1893, 95, N°. 457 and N°. 462, PL XXIV, figs. 3 and 4] of Wandâ- 

 men and Supiori). 



N°. 667. Manga nu mi. Wâri; as before, in the shape of squatting human figure, 22 cm. in length;head 

 cylindrical, hair of vascular bundles of Arenga leafsheaths, mansimak, eyes and ears oval; nose 

 as vertical ridge, with pierced point continued as far as the mouth and chin; neck, octagonal; open- 

 worked body and limbs in frontal plane; lower arms upwards, knees drawn up against arms, feet 

 with short side projections as toes. Used on small craft. (See De Clercq and Schmeltz [1893, 95, 

 N°. 457; 96, N°. 465, PL XXIV, fig. 3 and fig. 8] of Tandia and of Wardô; Uhle [1886, N°. 4533, 

 PL II, fig. 8]). 



N°. 66S. PL XXII, fig. 7. -\ u . Châtuâr. Tobâdi; figure of cassowary out of brown wood, 2 cm. thick; 

 head with comb, carved eyes and beak-slit; in front a short projection (representing bunch of coarse 

 feathers, hanging from breast); body with longitudinal carvings and continued into a stem; painted 

 black, white and red. Ornamented carrying peg of a canoë. 



Paddles. 



N°. 669. Tîm. A s é; for men's canoë, xsfa; of dark brown wood; cylindrical handle, ko, 2 cm. thick, 77 cm. 

 in length, of which by a circular carving, fort, sicm, a grip, omo, koba, n cm. long, is marked off; 

 blade, fèw, ïni, oblong oval, 71 cm. long, and n cm. broad, edges rather sharp. 



