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such as are présentée! to native chiefs by the Government. Above the fire place, to the left, a 

 number of the large, old, beautifully carved druins are suspended, also a couple of short bamboo 

 flûtes, whilst the baskets hanging higher up, again contain other objects to be preserved. 



At the top of fig. 188 a row of kan- 

 garoo skulls can also be noticed, remains 

 of festive meals. 



The centre pôle of the temple 

 of Tobâdi does riot rise out of the 

 water, as HoRST [1893, 127] states of 

 such pôles, but is hanging down under 

 the top figure to ± 1.5 m. from the 

 floor; it is carved and wound round 

 with vegetable fibres, into which a 

 number of bamboo flûtes is stuck (fig. 

 189 and 190). Higher up shells of turtle- 

 eggs are fastened and other objects, 

 which I could not recognise in the 

 darkness. Wherever this centre pôle 

 occurs, be it as in Jambuë, Thaë, Oinâke, 

 Nâcheibe or elsewhere, as a continuous 

 supporting pillar, it is always used foi- 

 holding the flûtes. Fig. 190 gives a 

 survey, from which the distance between 

 side pôle and centre pôle can bejudged. 

 The temple of Kaj6 Jenbi has no 

 centre pôle at ail and the peculiarity, 

 that a very large, square shield is hanging 

 at the top, horizontally like an inner 

 ceiling, painted on the visible side in 

 red, white and black ; a similar shield 

 is also reportée! by Van DER Goes [1858, 178] without^stating the place, but probably it is 

 the same. I understood that this object came originally from more eastern parts. HORST 

 [1893, 128] supposes it to be in connection with the Brahman belief. 



What strikes one first on entering the temple, is, that the noisy behaviour, said to 

 be characteristic of the inhabitant of Humboldt Bay, is not heard inside, and that, as a 

 rule, the little that is spoken is soft, sometimes almost. in a whisper. When something or 

 somebody is laughed at, this always is done in a subdued manner. De Clercq [1889, 1267] 

 only observed that the natives did not like the visitors to speak loudly. — I hâve never 

 noticed anything of a spécial costume or dress used inside the temple; — the kind of bando- 

 lier, which DE Clercq and SCHMELTZ [1893, N°. 202, PL XI, fig. 1] mention of Jamna as 

 being exclusively worn at feasts in the temple, I saw several times in daily use (see p. 86, 

 harness). Neither did I see at any time or on any occasion the kneeling or crouching down 

 as an act of vénération in front of the temple or before the deities, worshipped inside, as 



Fig. 185. Temple at Sâgeisâra. 



