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PLATE I . II. A B III. 1-4. IV. A. V. VI. VII. VIII. IX. X. XI. XII. XIII. XIV. XV. XVI. XVII. XVIII. XIX. XX. 1, 2. XXI. B F1?’ W?’ A. B. P“? P1?’ P1? S11?’ A. B. A. B. LIST OF PLATES PAGE Portrait of the Author . . FroNtispiece View of South-West Bay . . . . . YouNg meN aNd boys outside a house . Portraits of meN, oNe with deformed head . , . . Plaited skirt, headdress, girdle, bark~belt, aNd peNis wrapper. Mat-skirt area . . . . . . FriNge-skirts aNd at maN's tasselled bag, from the FriNge-skirt area. . . . . . . . . . . Mat-skirt womeN, LerNbumbu . . . . . Three meN, ? Lambumbu . . . . . . GoNgs aNd the Naai save of a. SeNiaNg village . . . GoNgs of e Lambumbu village showiNg liNe of rNoNoliths . Deformed boars’ tusks . . . . . . . Brewer, bows, quiver aNd arrows . . . . . Five types of woodeN clubs . . . . . . Group of meN with weapoNs, S.W. Malekule (MartiN JohNsoN) . . . . . . . . . Atree aNd Nagepate, Big Nembas meN . . . . Big Nambas womeN (both photographs by MartiN JohNsoN) Two small temes of tree-ferN . . . . . . The coNical sacred structure of a N alawzm grade . CeremoNial pig-killer, coNch, aNd rattle aNklet . . Tame: NaaiNggul, coNical musical iNstrumeNt . . Temes aNd goNg beside a. path . . . . ErectioN for NNzhmNm N aaiNggol . Three NalawaN masks . . I . MeN clothed with spider-web . . . . Objects coNNected with the NeviNbur of SeNiaNg: 4 iemes aNd bullroarer . . . . . . Hea,d~dress of womaN of high Laqms raNk, SeNiaNg . . “ Mother " aNd " child " bullroarers, aNd peN-pipes, Lambumbu . . . . . . Village goNgs . . . . . . . . BeatiNg a goNg . . . . . . . OfferiNg food aNd prayers iN a fuNeral rite . Two mmbammp iN the MelbourNe Museum . Rambammp iN the Cambridge Museum . . The Nzmbammp oi a. maN of very high raNk. Height, 1'677 m. (5 ft. 6 iN.). IN the Cambridge Museum, collected aNd giveN by A. B. DeacoN. p. 285. 27.2174. ON the head is a ï⫬&AriNg;llet of Turkey-red calico aNd three spider-web caps with tails haNgiNg dowN to the waist. The face aNd Neck are red, a. broad slateqgrey riNg surrouNds each eye, this passes aNterior-ly iNto a. vertical liNe which ruNs dowN oN each side oi the ridge of the Nose ; posteriorly the eye~riNg is coNtiNued as e liNe to the iNsertioN of the lobe of the ear. ix 8 . 8 10 12 12 12 12 24 24 196 214 214 Z16 266 266 280 280 392 392 398 398 420 428 464 484 484 498 498 528 544 544