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XXIII.
XXIV.
11"‘ P1?’
The painting of the body consists in front of a black
inverted triangle, the apex is over the SlBl'll!l'' ; on each
side oi this are: (1) a. variegated longitudinal ted band
with blue chevrous flanked by white cbcvrous in the
upper part, below these are alternate blue and yellow
A-markings ; (2) s white hand; (3) a black hand ;
(4) 3 red band. The sides are black. The hack is
essentially similar to the front.
Round the waist is a dilapidated bark belt tied round
by a ï¬Ånely plaited belt, ne Isl. The penis is provided
with the usual wrapper.
On each shoulder are two faces looking forwards and
backwards, with prominent noses and a thick white plug
in each nostril, there is a deformed boar’s tusk in each
angle of the mouth. Each pair of heads is surmounted
by a ï¬Åbrous cone, that on the left shoulder has a long
conical plaited cap with alternate spaced red and blue
vertical lines.
The arms are painted red. On the left upper arm is
a black and white shell-bead arrrllet of the Nimungki grade
Nimew} and below this is a circular b0ar's tusk. The
forearm has a deep turtle-shell sxrnlet and seventeen more
or less circular boars‘ tuske. On the right arm is a painted
arm-band, and a very deep turtle-shell armlet and thirteen
boars’ tuslrs on the forearrn. The hands have radiating
ï¬Ångers with added nails and are painted red.
The fairly well~rn0delled legs are of Wood} the feet
are represented by discs of wood, rlowpartly broken, The
thighs are painted with white, red, and black horizontal
bands. There is a tunes face on each knee : i the left is
black with white Lines and spots, the ri ht iace also has
white spots, the cheeks and nose are red, the eyes white
and the mouth red with yellow teeth. Below the leit
knee is a banana (?) lea! band and below this, and also
on the right leg, are three white hands, between which
is a red zigzag bordered with white and with blue
triangular inter-spaces,
Turnman Island man with a cured head (Martin Johrison) ,
Dolmen, with 3 deiormed skull in the lagha it Melpmes .
Sacred pottery; cylinder and two pots . . . ,
Kava bowl, Big Narnbas . . , . . . ,
Sherd and imitation bone, South coast . . . .
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‘ This is identiï¬Åed from Layard, 1928, pl. Xviii, ï¬Åg. 2a, which he describes
as an arm-badge oi “ Zvfew-I/mguuml ", on p. I65 he describes the ceremonies of
the degree “ Mew-langawul (Niwlzw) and on p. 161 says " a new arrn-badge
(binben) (pl. xviii, ï¬Ågs, Za and L) " is paid for. This degree is evidently the
Nimew described on pp. 324433. The lace-painting may perhaps also indicate
Nimew rank, p. 282, ï¬Åg. 14b.-—A. C. I-I.