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PRINCIPAL SIR WILLIAM TURNER ON 



New Hebrides, which were presented in 1892 by the Reverend James H. Lawrie, for 

 many years a missionary at Aneityum.* On the island Efate the hair was worn short 

 by both sexes. On Tanna, Aniwa and Aneityum, and to a limited extent on Futuna, 

 the men dressed the hair in the manner described by Cook. Years of attentive 

 dressing were required to obtain a coiffure such as Cook described. The practice 

 is said to have ceased under the influence of the missionaries. The collection con- 

 sisted of seven specimens obtained from diiferent persons : — 



No. 1. — Eight distinct locks from a man, the longest of which was 30 cm. (12 

 inches). They had evidently been cut close to the scalp, 2 inches from which a 

 thin narrow vegetable fibre had been wound tightly around the lock for from 16 to 

 17 cm., beyond which the hair was free, either loosely or compactly spiral or frizzly, 



Fig. 5. — New Hebrides. Three locks from No. 1. 



and the free end was 5 to 8 mm. broad (fig. 5). The hair was brownish black, 

 and varied somewhat in the depth of its tint. 



No. 2. — Adult male. The hair in proximity to the scalp was matted and beyond 

 the tangle seven slender locks about 10 cm. long (4 inches), 4 to 5 mm. broad, 

 had been isolated and carefully plaited for about two-thirds of their length, the 

 terminal third being spirally curled and frizzled. The tangled hair was dark brown, 

 but it was brownish yellow in the lock itself as if artificially discoloured. 



No. 3. — A bundle of hairs from a native of Futuna Island, around which a white 

 band had been fastened. A division into locks was indicated though not complete. 

 The hair was frizzly and showed loose spirals. In colour it was dark brownish 

 black (fig. 7). 



No. 4. — From an adult male; No. 5 from a young man, pet. 18. Both were 

 matted and spirally curled but not in definite locks. The colour was brownish 

 or black. 



* "The New Hebrideans" in Scottish Geographical Magazine, June 1892, vol. viii. 



