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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