CHAPTER XV 
NATIVE MANNERS AND CUSTOMS 
The Papuan at Home—His Good Points—Physical Char- 
acteristics — Ceremonial Dress—Coast and Hill Tribes — 
Differences—Local Distribution of the Rami or Petticoat—lIts 
Decrease in Length in the Mountains—Its Disappearance at 
Epa—Dandyism—tThe Priceless Chimani—The Shell Armlet— 
Household Constitution—Rudimentary Government—Courtship 
and Marriage—The Price of a Wife—Position of Women—Six 
Ways of Carrying an Infant—Meal Times—Weapons—Clubs— 
Their Manufacture the Monopoly of One Tribe—Weird Tribal 
Dances. 
