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MAP II. - ”Distribution map of Malekula. (From a sketch map by Deacon.) The area of the red-stained mat skirt is shaded ; in the same area occur the evnl- sion of women’s incisors, the Nimungki, and the Nalawun. The black patch in- ,’ ,;,/, dicates the area of the lagoon and the @Rano l. unoccupied neutral land. ' The area of the fringe skirt of banana Åbre is left blank, the skirt is worn long in Mewun and Laus, but short in front by 4 Uripm the Naan Bugoi. There is no evulsion of (Continued at foot of pugs.)
'1, - 4:‘ Ambrym I . Lamhumbu ' ', ».- , *1 l MEWUN Me|pmes Sou! West Bay (Namin) Lembrul.
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teeth. The Nimangki is typically absent, Mewun has recently acquired it from Seniang. men ffflm Laus attend other Nirrumgkis but are treated as women, Naan Bugoi men do not attend other Nimamgkis and so probably have none. Kava is employed with the Nimangki only by the Big Nambas. Circumcision occurs among the Big Nambas, but incision is elsewhere universal. Seniang, Mewun, and Telag have the same system of totemism, clan fertility rites. and the ceremony of “making man". From Tomman to Telag occur sacred stones (the habitations of powerful lames) and sporadically the sacred pottery, and also the mythology of Ambat (Kabat or I-lambat) to whom is attributed the Nogo or Nogam ceremony. The southern area is characterized by head-deformation and the Nelmg, the rambaramp (elï¬Ågy), and the Nevinbur. There were no canoes till recently at Mewnn, but only bamboo rafts. The mumgk wnla, or large sea-going canoe with raised plank sides, extended along the east coast from Vao to Port Sandwich. The large sea-going canoe, nimbembew, with a carved face on the bow, extended from Port Sandwich to Seninng. The arrows indicate directions of culture diï¬Åusions. ' The eastern area has reciprocal alï¬Ånities with Arnbryn. [Page 11
