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THE NIMANGKI AND NELEMEW 359
tHe to of it THe painting of botH tHe face and
percHed stiflly on p .
tHe fowl Had a sugary quality wHicH gave tHe gong exactly tHe
appearance of a tall cake capped witH ricH icing sugar and
surmounted by a NoaH's Ark fowl, wHicH Had also become
inadvertently iced (v. Fig. 20).
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" On tHe edge of tHe dancing ground we Halte , wai g
tHe ‘Home village ') to man tHe gangs and strike up
our Hosts ( -
tHe rHytHm wHicH announces tHe presentation of giibpigs. THe
' art assed leisurely across tHe
gong-Heaters Having begun, our p y p
ground towards tHe amel side, eacH man Holding His pig by its

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F15. Z0. THe carved and painted gong sunnounted by a cook
carved in wood, wHicH was "bougHt " by Mal Tasi at His
nelamnu. (After a rougH sketcH by tHe autHor.)
tetHer. Here Maltasi, tHe ‘ maker ’ of tHe nelzmew, tHat is, tHe giver
of tHe feast, was sitting and to Him tHe pigs were given one after
anotHer, tHe gongs indicating by a sudden fortissimo burst tHe act
of presentation. Our Host was, poor fellow, a victim of elepHantiasis,
and His testicles were swollen to sucH a size tHat He could sit down
only witH difficulty and could scarcely stand up at all. But it
was His day; His eyes sHone witH excitement and Hobbling and
sHuffling about, Helped by otHers, He managed to receive tHe pigs
presented to Him witH due oiï¬Åciousness and dignity. We now
sat down by tHe amel and awaited tHe arrival of tHe guests from