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MEMO IBS OF TEE QUEENSLAND MUSEUM. 
Plate VIII. 
Fig. 1. — Ceremonial head-dress with two wings mounted on a cane brim. 
Height 2 ft. 6 in., width 2 ft. 3 in. Used at the Kaiva Kuku dances, Orokolo, 
B.N.G. Specimen No.: Q.M. E.13/233. 
Fig. 2. — Head-dress with a garfish-like mouth. Height 3 ft. 11^ in. ; 
1 ft. 11 in. in widest part. Worn at the “ Semese” dances at Waipua, Purari 
Delta, British New Guinea. The 4 £ Semese” are not ancestral dances as the 
Kaiva Kuku appear to be, but are more elaborate and exclusive, and undoubtedly 
war dances. These commence usually about 10 or 11 o’clock at night. A party 
marches along the beach fully armed, with warlike antics and beating of drums, 
wandering sometimes for two or three miles from the Eravos before commencing 
the advance ; a warlike party from another Eravo goes in an opposite direction, 
subsequently meeting them for the final onslaught. Specimen No. : Q.M. E. 13/226. 
Fig. 3. — Dancing object made in imitation of a shield; cane frame 
covered on one side only with cocoanut fibre cloth and ornamented in red, 
black, and white. Dimensions, 2 ft. 7 in. X 1 ft. 8 in. Used at the Kaiva Kuku 
dances, Orokolo. Specimen No.: Q.M. E. 13/225. 
Fig. 4. — Imitation of a bird, representing a booby or gannet bird 
(Sula sp.). Used at the Kaiva Kuku ceremonials, Orokolo. Length 2 ft. 2 in. X 
2 ft. y 2 in. across from wing to wing. Specimen No. : Q.M. E. 13/234. 
Fig. 5. — A double-headed crocodile. Black with white spots ; 6 ft. long, 
girth of body 2 ft. lCB/o in. (Same history.) Specimen No. : Q.M. E.13/214. 
* The meaning of ‘ ‘ Semese 7 ? in Papuan dialect is ‘ ‘ Warrior. ’ ’ 
