MANNERS AND CUSTOMS 
In point of dress and appearance the mountain 
people differ widely from those of the coast. The 
place of the ‘‘Rami” is taken by the cheebee, or 
perineal band, a simpler garment than even the fig-leaf. 
They are a shorter people, with better developed legs 
than the coast natives, which is no doubt owing to the 
extraordinary exercise imposed on the limbs by the 
difficulties of the ground. 
The women wear fewer adornments than the men, 
their principal ornaments being the dogs’ teeth neck- 
lace and armlet, and on the breast a pear! shell, ground 
with a stone night and day for three weeks until the 
outer shell is gone and the mother-of-pearl is left bare 
and polished. They tie up their hair with bark so 
that the hair itself can hardly be seen, and sometimes 
they plait it up into small tails. They carry the 
customary bag of small odds and ends, and their 
weapons are distinctly formidable. These consist 
of the spear and club only. The spear is pointed 
and jagged, and is made of very hard red-wood; the 
club has a heavy stone top, elaborately hewn into 
sharp bosses. The Dinawa people do not know how 
to make these clubs, which are manufactured in the 
Keakama district, and their presence in the hills 
proves that there is some system of commercial dis- 
tribution. 
But the most splendid of all the articles of the 
Papuan costume is the feather head-dress, 16 feet 
high, which forms the central point of attraction when 
it occurs in a tribal dance. This ornaments 
extremely rare, and is always an heirloom, for it has 
taken generations to complete. It is a wonderful, 
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