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PLATE XII

Carved and painted board with figures of a bird and of fish. These figures refer to guardian spirits or clan totems, the boards being used for the decoration of the mask-houses, in which the sacred masks used in ceremonials are kept, and where many of the ceremonies themselves are held. New Ireland. Original in American Museum of Natural History, New York City.