. Annual report of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution. Smithsonian Institution; Smithsonian Institution. Archives; Discoveries in science. EXPLANATION OF PLATE 1. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. 21. 22. 23. 24. 25. Fish skull, painted with red ocher, kept as a trophy. Belt, or waist circlet, of rattan. Circlet of spiral shells on network, worn on the head or neck. Band of hark, worn over the shoulder, for carrying child. Necklace of shells {Hemicardium uned-o). Necklace of calyces of mangrove. Pig's skull, painted with red ocher and white clay, kept as a trophy. Human skull, painted
. Annual report of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution. Smithsonian Institution; Smithsonian Institution. Archives; Discoveries in science. EXPLANATION OF PLATE 1. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. 21. 22. 23. 24. 25. Fish skull, painted with red ocher, kept as a trophy. Belt, or waist circlet, of rattan. Circlet of spiral shells on network, worn on the head or neck. Band of hark, worn over the shoulder, for carrying child. Necklace of shells {Hemicardium uned-o). Necklace of calyces of mangrove. Pig's skull, painted with red ocher and white clay, kept as a trophy. Human skull, painted with red ocher and white clay, and ornamented with Den- talium shells, and with Hemicardium and Solarium shells attached to t he tem- poral arches; worn in memoriam by a relative of the deceased. Human skull, suspended by cord of hark liber. Circlet made of vertebrae of a half-grown child; worn on the head or about the neck in memoriam by a relative of the deceased. Human jawbone, worn like the preceding, ornamented by strings of Dentalium octogonum. Human jawbone, painted, with red ocher, and ornamented with Hemicardium shells; suspended by network of bark liber. Circlet of turtle bones, worn about the head or neck. Circlet of vegetable filler, worn on the head. Woman's belt, made of Pandanus andamanensium, the ends of the leaves form- ing four tufts, which are worn behind, the outside of the hoop ornamented with transverse markings of red wax paint. Several belts are worn by each woman. Tuft of leaves of Mimusops indica; worn by the women as an apron, held in place by the lowest belt. Wristlet made of leaves of Pandanus andamanensium. Wristlet, or bracelet, similar to the preceding, but ornamented with strings of Dentalium shells. Garter of Pandanus leaves, ornamented with Dentalium shells. Circlet, similar to the preceding. Stems of an orchid (Dendrobium sp.), the yellow skin of which is used to orna- ment cords, and the seizings of pig-spear heads. Man's belt of Pandanus le
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