. Women of all nations, a record of their characteristics, habits, manners, customs and influence; . s in certain islands to be played only by women, and also to indicate a culture drift from Asia to Polynesia. This is the nose-flute which occurs in various islands fronr Tahiti to Fijiand New Zealand, and which is illustrated,as played by a Tongan girl, on p. 57. Itis usually made of bamboo, with three ormore stops, and it is blown by one nostril,while the other is closed by the Tylor suggests that the origin ofthis custom may be traced to India, wherea high-caste Hindu will no
. Women of all nations, a record of their characteristics, habits, manners, customs and influence; . s in certain islands to be played only by women, and also to indicate a culture drift from Asia to Polynesia. This is the nose-flute which occurs in various islands fronr Tahiti to Fijiand New Zealand, and which is illustrated,as played by a Tongan girl, on p. 57. Itis usually made of bamboo, with three ormore stops, and it is blown by one nostril,while the other is closed by the Tylor suggests that the origin ofthis custom may be traced to India, wherea high-caste Hindu will not touch with hismouth a pipe or flute which has touched themouth of a lower-caste man who made itor may have used it, but it does not defilehim to blow it with his nostril. The position of woman among the Samoans is, when all things are considered, not only satisfactory but enviable. The Samoan -pj^g Samoan housewife is by Housewife. ,, , , , no means the drudge and beast of burden which women in other rude communities are ; she has a voice in affairs. In matters concerning the family well-being. ? rlfsy OJ Mr. y. J, Lister. TONGAN hair cut and stiffened in Fijian style. 64 WOI\IEN OF ALL NATIONS she is consulted ; she has the right to adviseand vote on terms as free as those allowedto her brother. She may rise to a position ofdignity and authority in the may be chosen its taupou (or maid ofthe village), and as such is as much a partof the system of government as is the chief;honours are her official portion. She issought in marriage by the great, her nuptialscement alliances. The first of Samoans toattain supreme authority, to become pos-sessed of all four royal names, was Sala-masina, a woman. Such are the chances of the womanin public life. Her domestic cares aresummed up in the duty of the the task to wade the lagoon for thesmaller fish, to weave the mats, to beat thebark into cloth, to cook, to managethe affairs of the home. These tas
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