This has really an elegant appearance, the beads hanging gracefully on each side of the head, and by establishing a connexion with the earrings give an appearance of utility to those barbarous ornaments.

We recommend this style to the consideration of those of the fair sex who still bore holes in their ears and hang rings thereto.

Another style of necklace among these Papuan belles is to wear two, each hanging on one side of the neck and under the opposite arm, so as to cross each other.

This has a very pretty appearance, in part due to the contrast of the white beads or kangaroo teeth of which they are composed with the dark glossy skin.

The earrings themselves are formed of a bar of copper or silver, twisted so that the ends cross.