THE ABORIGINES OF TASMANIA. 347 



EXPLANATION OF FIGURES. 



The locks are specimens of the hair drawn by Mr J. T. Murray: the micro-photographs are by 

 Mr Ernest J. Henderson of the Anatomical Museum, from sections made by him; the 

 process blocks are by D. Stevenson & Co. 



Fig. 1. Reproduction of portrait of Truganini, the last Tasmanian woman. From a plioto. presented to 

 me in 1888 by Dr Lloyd H. Oldmeadow. 



Fig. 2. Small lock of hair of Truganini ; also lock of hair from a male Tasmanian attached to a fragment 

 of the scalp. 



Fig. 3. From a photograph. Bust of a male Tasmanian presented to the Museum by Professor 

 Anderson Stuart. 



Fig. 4. Natives of Tanna, New Hebrides. From a photo, presented by the Rev. J. H. Lawrie. 



Fig. 5. Three spiral locks of hair from a native of New Hebrides. 



Fig. 6. Locks from a native of Tanna, with some matted hair. 



Fig. 7. Locks from a native of Futuna, New Hebrides. 



Fig. 8. Bunch of hair arranged as a top-knot, probably from a man of the New Hebrides. 



Fig. 9. Native of Port Moresby, New Guinea, showing mop of hair. From a photo. 



Fig. 10. Locks of hair from native of Rubi, Geelvink Bay, New Guinea. 



Fig. 11. Lock from a dance mask, Papuan Gulf. 



Fig. 12. Norma verticalis, head of Negro, showing mat of hair. Photographed from nature. 



Fig. 13. Locks of spiral hair from two Negros. 



Fig. 14. Bushwoman, showing the woolly hair on scalp. Photo, presented by Dr J. B. Lester. 



Fig. 15. Matted hair and separate spiral locks of Bush race. 



Fig. 16. Plaited hair of Hottentot. 



Fig. 17. Zulu Kaffir woman, showing woolly hair on scalp. From a photo. 



Fig. 18. Spiral locks of hair of Kaffir woman. 



Fig. 19. Spiral locks of hair of Andaman Islander. 



Fig. 20. Spiral locks of hair of Semang, from Malay Peninsula. 



Fig. 21. A male Australian with the hair in loose curls. 



Fig. 22. A female Australian with the hair straight or wavy. Figs. 21 and 22 are from photos, pre- 

 sented by Dr Wm. Ramsay Smith. 



Fig. 23. Head of Maori chief. From specimen No. 51 in the Anatomical Museum. 



Fig. 24. Head of female Maori. From No. 52 in the same Museum. 



Figs. 25-33. From micro-photographs. 25. Vertical section through scalp of Negro, showing a curved 

 follicle with its included hair, the papilla and the hair bulb : the duct of the sebaceous gland opened into 

 the funnel-shaped mouth of the follicle. 26. Vertical section through scalp of an aboriginal Australian, with 

 straight follicles and hairs, also bulbs, papillae and sebaceous glands. 27. Transverse section through deep 

 part of cutis of Negro, showing follicles with contained hairs and root sheaths. 28. Transverse section 

 through cutis of same, nearer the surface, showing grouping of follicles, hairs with sebaceous glands ; the 

 blank areas are the empty vesicles of the sebaceous glands. 29. Transverse section through deep part of 

 cutis of Australian, showing follicles, root sheaths, hairs and sweat glands. 30. Transverse section through 

 superficial part of cutis of same, showing grouping of follicles, hairs with sebaceous glands and the arrectores 

 pilorum ; the connective tissue is relatively small in amount ; a sweat gland lies at the right border, and 

 the sebaceous glands are alongside the follicles. 31. Hairs of male Tasmanian, showing the twist of the 

 shaft. 32. Portion of lock of Bush hair, showing alternation of the broader and shorter diameters, due to 

 twisting of shaft. 33. A, single straight hair of Australian, M, of Maori, E, of Easter Islander, not twisted. 

 A, and M, x 50 ; E. x 90. 



Fig. 34. Group of Andaman Islanders along with Dr Joseph Dougall. From a photo. 



