The National tribune., 1891-01-01
A true negro and 3 Papuan bear

estimating remote relationships, and the in
huence u purely communal sympathy and pub
lie sentiment.
A true negro and Papuan bear
CLOSE PHYSICAL REsEMBLAEcH
30 each other. and their habits Of life, the man
neH and customs Of their communities, and
their phases OF social, political economic os-
tbetie moral and mental development are
much alike.
On the other hand, great differences exist in
ali these respects between this aud the Poly
ncsian rice, with whom it is geographically as
E0Ciltca. Those tribes inhab.ting the interior
OF New Guinea are but little known. They
wary considerably from one another, however,
both iu stature, tint and bodily proportion, and
thc like is true OF Papuans In other places.
The special feature from which the term
Eapua il derived yapulr1h meaning IN Malay
crspy haired, is the same everywhere. Crispi-
ness is produced by hatteninR round hair
g. always straight, and one compressed in its
long axis must curl. Among all divisions Of
tins race also, hair growth takes place in tufts.
it iE long and abundant as q rule and its ar
fanEcmeut with a three-prouFrd or many
t00ihed comb occupies much time and Is one of
tie most important dHt.es Of life. Taking the
characteristic tTsita OF PapuHns in combination,
q portrait OF some wcll-t0-dO chief of a New
Guinea c0ast tribe would present tho following
features: a man OF medium hight with a
cark brown skin, wcll-dpyeiopcd but not eX-
tremsl 8 muscular or massive lunbs small hands
and feet 'the latter from his habits Of life being
preheusilc a broad hooked nose with ex.
panded nOsirls, large, black, Wcll-Opencd eyes,
pTntuherant Jaws broad and thick-lippcd
month containing strong. white teeth and most
commonly u long aud high head
This ensemble would. however, be somewhat
modified by the ccccrtriCiiics Of
SAVAGE TA-TE.
The highest fashion requires that hair shall be
e0mbgd Dut into mHp aud thc head afuear as
large possible; further tAai it must b. stained
o au.. rcd iis face would probably be painted
an intense black, aud upon this back ground
many Isucilul devices and patterns iu strongly
contrssted c0lHr might be- drawn.
Through the cart .lugc OF bis nose. pierced for
tl.spuEH8sa tIerc would be- thrust a boar 's tusk
ef HleCg oi bamboo curyiug upward towards the
temples aud his ear. l0les would be dragged
down as near 10 the shoulder as possible by
several heavy iutoIlinl-ed tortoise-shel rings.
Scans and ridges made by scariGcatiOu aud the
subsequent Introduction Oi foreign bodies iuto
thU wounds would aoom bis body aud besides
bracelets necklaces aud anEcts Of bone teeth
o. even foreign brass, his limbs would be be-
c0minpiy distorted by tight illcts Of woven
grass, into whose mcshes flowers and colured
leaves were stuck Hc might also wear a wig
Iggdc of cass0warlCa' feathers over his forehead.
aud il hIs face were painted pitch black, this
would be white aud pIOiusey oruamcutcd with
crimson Hibiscus flowers This is much the
appearance Of a Ecw Guinea brave ea graade
tsats, with trail OF leaves dOwn his back. a
cassowary bone dagger Ia his belt, and no clothes
worth mentioning.
IN NEW CALEDONIA
the color OF the skin Is darker, aud among the
tribes living on the shores Of Astrolabe Bay
sud in other places ID might be several shades
lighter than described Tattooug is never
pracilcod by the Arfaka Papugns aud IN deco.
rgtye details, such az filing the teeth 10 a point,
deiofmiug the skull by pressure during in.
fancy, painting the face, gashing the body. CON
Btrictiug the limbs, tearing down the lobes Of
The cars, etc, fashions vary with locality.
Generally speaking as VIC proceed towards tie
northeast personal Oruamcutation becomes
more pToiuse aud varied than ii has been found
o. be with peoples Of the same race living al
places lying in an p losite direction This
fact is most probably Rs .ribable 10 the greater
abundance of articles th Il can be used Tor this
purpose Which are there procurahlc IN trade.
Papuans are Of higher type than Austral-
ians or aasmanians, and prove 10 be much less