NATIVE MANNERS AND CUSTOMS
The Papuan at Home—His Good Points—Physical Characteristics—
Ceremonial Dress—Coast and Hill Tribes—Differences—Local
Distribution of the Rami or Petticoat—Its Decrease in Length in
the Mountains—Its Disappearance at Epa—Dandyism—The Priceless
Chimani—The Shell Armlet—Household Constitution—Rudimentary
Government—Courtship and Marriage—The Price of a Wife—Position
of Women—Six Ways of Carrying an Infant—Meal Times—Weapons—
Clubs—Their Manufacture the Monopoly of One Tribe—Weird Tribal
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