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Head-hunters, black, white, and brown

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The Scott-Keltie Falls, Mt. Dulit, Baram District, Sarawak Frontispiece

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I. A. Ari, the Mamoose of Mer 18

B. Pasi, the Mamoose of Dauar

II. A. Rain Shrine, Mer 34

B. Doiom with Bull-roarer

III. A. Ulai 40

B. A Top-spinning Match, Mer

IV. A. Removing Sand from a Copper Maori 41

B. A Murray Island Feast

V. A, B, C. The Dance of the Malu Zogole 48

VI. A. The Malu Ceremony at Las 49

B. Ulai singing Malu songs into a Phonograph: Gasu is beating the Malu drum

VII. A. The Shrine of Zabarker 54

B. Tomog Zogo

VIII. A. The Islands of Waier and Dauar from the beach of Mer, with a Fish Shrine in the foreground 64

B. U Zogo, the Coconut Shrine of Dauar

IX. A. Debe Wali and his Wife 72

B. Jimmy Rice and his Wife

X. A. Iasa, Kiwai 99

B. Side view of the Soko-Korobe Clan-house at Iasa

XI. A. Waria, Peter, Tom, and Gizu of Mabuiag 123

B. Nēĕt, or Platform from which Dugong are harpooned

XII. A. Man dressed up for the Death Dance 139

B. Divining Skulls: 1. Skull of Magau of Nagir; 2. A Murray Island Skull

XIII. A. The Marine Village of Gaile 206

B. Bulaa

XIV. A. Girls of Babaka dressed for the Annual Ceremony 218

B. Girls on the Dubu at Babaka for the Annual Ceremony

XV. A. Hollowing out a Canoe with Stone Adzes at Keapara 220

B. A Bulaa girl being tattooed

XVI. A. A Native of Bulaa 223

B. A Bulaa youth with Ringworm

XVII. A. Dubu at Kamali 232

B. Dubu Dance at Gomoridobo

XVIII. A. Udia and Daube, Taburi, Koiari 243

B. Elevara, Port Moresby, with the London Missionary Society’s Station in the background

XIX. A. Gewe, Chief of Agi, when deprived of his Hat 245

B. Gewe, with his Hat restored

XX. A. Tree House at Gasiri 248

B. Pottery-making at Hanuabada, Port Moresby

XXI. A. A Mekeo Ibitoe 256

B. Masked Man, Kaivakuku, of Waima, Mekeo District

XXII. A. Mohu, Mekeo District 268

B. Marea at Mohu

XXIII. A. Regatta at Kuching 280

B. View from Kaban Hill, with the Brunei Hills in the distance

XXIV. A. Brunei 290

B. A Family Bathe

XXV. A. Orang Kaya Tumonggong Lawai, a Long Pata Chief in war costume, with a Kenyah shield 300

B. A Sleeping-hut in the Jungle

XXVI. A. Ascending a Rapid 306

B. House of the Orang Bukits at Long Linai, Tutau River

XXVII. A. Punans 320

B. A Lelak man with typical Tattooing on shoulders and upper arms

XXVIII. A. Side view of a Kayan House 331

B. Verandah of a Kayan House at Long Lama, Baram River

XXIX. A. Shrine outside Tama Bulan’s House 376

B. Bulan

C. Saba Irang, the Head Chief of the Madangs

XXX. A. Skull Trophy in a Kayan House 396

B. Skull Trophies in Aban Abit’s House at Long Tisam, Barawan tribe

XXXI. A. Beating Tuba and baling the Infusion out of a Canoe 408

B. Penchallong prepared for the Great Peace-making

The photographs for Plates i.-iv. A., vi. B., vii. B., viii. B.-xi. A., xii. A., xiii.-xvi., xvii. A., xviii. A., xix.-xxii. were taken by the late A. Wilkin; those for Plates xvii. B., xxv. A., xxvii. B., xxx. A. were taken by C. G. Seligmann; Plate iv. B. by Dr. C. S. Myers; xii. B. by H. Oldland; and the Frontispiece and Plates v., vii. A., viii. A., xviii. B., xxiii., xxiv., xxv. B., xxvi., xxvii. A., xxviii., xxix., xxx. B., xxxi. by the Author. Plates vi. A. and xi. B. were drawn from photographs taken by the Author by his brother Trevor Haddon. With the exception of Plate xxx. B. none of the photographs have been retouched.

The skulls depicted on the cover are drawn from a photograph of a trophy collected by the Author at Mawatta, p. 115.

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