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Volume 5 43 |
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HIGH-CLASS CONTENTMENT IN SANTA CRUZ |
DRESSED FOR A DANCE IN THE ADMIRALTY ISLANDS |
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| The shining white disk proclaims him to be a man of some importance. From the septum of his nose a green stone ornament is suspended, and, having had the misfortune to break an ear-lobe, he can display but one tortoiseshell ear-ring | Men and women dance separately in Melanesia. The men wear feather-decked headdresses and commonly carry sticks, which they wave to and fro and raise or lower in the various movements of the dance. Music is provided by drums, the dancers keeping up a monotonous chant |