308 



A NA TOE A LIST'S WANDERINGS 



and white patcliwork band, was allowed to hang loose to the 

 shoulders i or it v^as done up in a frizzed mop, differeiitj how- 

 ever, from the nnravellable matted wisp seen on the Papuans 



OOITFUBKS OF THE NATIVES OF TIMOtt-LACT, 



of Macliib' /Iiilet in Hew Guinea^ or among the Am Islanders, 

 Their coiffure seems to depend on the kind of hair, straight 

 or frizzled, that Nature has given them ; when frizzled it is 



arranged in a mop, and when straight it is combed out -and 

 crimped with the instrument shown on page 309, to hang 

 down the back in a " cataract/' Tho arranging of their hair is 

 one of thoir most enjoyed occupations, and the vanity with which 



