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THE VOYAGE OF H.M.S. CHALLENGER. 
The men wear armlets (often seven or eight on each arm) of Trochus niloticus shell, 
like those of Fiji, the Carolines, and elsewhere. The rings are neatly engraved with 
lines forming patterns composed of lozenges, triangles, and transverse bars, the raised 
lines being blackened so as to form a dark background against which the lozenges show 
Fig. 239. — Four Armlets, consisting of horizontal sections of Trochus niloticus shells, engraved with various patterns, from 
the Admiralty Islands. 
out in strong relief (see fig. 239). The Ovulum shells worn by the men are usually taste- 
fully decorated in a similar manner, and form very effective ornaments indeed. 
Long styles of Tridacna shell are worn dependent from the nose. They are very 
like those which, in the Solomon Islands, are worn stuck transversely through the septum 
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Fig. 240. — Pendent Nose Ornaments from the Admiralty Islands, made of ground Tridacna shell, with loops of twine for 
suspension. One specimen ornamented with engraved rings. 
nasi, but are here always worn hanging by loops of plaited twine sometimes ornamented 
with teeth (see fig. 240). Ear and nose ornaments are also made of the teeth of the Cuscus 
of the islands or of crocodiles’ teeth. The ears and nasal septa are always perforated. 
Pieces of rolled-up leaf are sometimes worn in the ear (perhaps those of Chavica betel). 
