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and in 1903 one was standing even in a tree on the south shore of Metu Débi. But it 



is remarkable that also on Lake Sentâni, where I hâve never noticed anything con- 



nected with religions life, similar plumed sticks occur in the trees close to the village of Asé, 



(fig. 160) and near Ifâr (fig. 162), where they are also standing on a pyramid-shaped watch- 



house. More towards the west than the village of Abâr, also situated on Lake Sentâni, I 



did not see the ornamental staff. On 



the spire of every temple a wooden 



figure is to be seen, corresponding 



to that of the pyramid-shaped houses 



(see pp. 137 and 255). BlNK brought home 



a spécimen, which is at présent in the 



Utrecht collection. According toKONING 



[1903, 258] it is called korwar or karwari 



and gives its name to the temple; BlNK 



[1897, 170] writes karakarau, the same 



word which I put down for dolls and 



human images on lime spatulas, etc. 



and which shortened to kûraii, chàrau 



or chare means: human being (or frog, 



see p. 45). De Clercq [1889, 1266] 



calls the figure, tjèhè; the sex I do not 



know. — For the rest I can refer to 



the description of FlNSCH, adding a few 



interiors. 



On fig. 186 of Kajô Entsâu, the 

 nature of the flooring, the walls and 

 the roof are to be seen, and a couple 

 of fire places intended, according to 

 HORST [1893, 128], for the sacrifice of 

 turtles, sharks and fishes, more correctly, 

 to prépare méat dishes, — for the 

 partaking of meals sometimes takes 

 place as a religious act. Still I must remark, as Van DER Goes [1858, 178] already did, 

 that during the visits paid to the temple in the daytime no fires were burning. Above 

 the left fire place a large hook is hanging for suspending objects in the smoke, to protect 

 them against vermin. On the floor, head supports are also standing, as already reported by 

 FlXSCH [1888, 354] of the Tobâdi temple, and which prove that the place is also used for 

 sleeping. A cloth of bark for sitting on, as the one which was supplied to FlNSCH [1888, 

 356], I hâve never seen used, but the floor is always very clean, and the red saliva of the 

 siri quid they spit through the seams of the flooring. Fig. 187 represents the temple of 

 Tobâdi and shows, to the right, one of the eight circumferential supporting pôles, to which a 

 couple of fishing nets (see p. 165 and N°. 589, PI. XX, fig. 14) are suspended. In the fore- 

 ground, the village chief Hdniadi is seated, dressed in a pair of trousers and a small jacket 



Fi^. 1S4. Temple at Kajô Entsau. 



