(3) A belt (Plate 14, Fig. 2) made of stone-yellow unsplit cane; made and worn by both men and women.  This is the simplest form of belt, being merely a strip of cane intertwined (not plaited) so as to form a band about half an inch wide, and left the natural colour of the cane.  Both men and women, when short of food, use this belt to reduce the pain of hunger, by tightening it over the stomach.  It is, therefore, much worn during a period of restricted diet prior to a feast.  Women also use it, along with their other ordinary means, to bring about abortion, the belt being for this purpose drawn very tightly round the body.  Often two, or even three, such belts are worn together.

(4) A belt (Plate 14, Fig. 3) made of coarse, sometimes very coarse, stone-yellow split cane or cane-like material; made and worn by men only.  This belt is left the natural colour of the material, which is plaited so as to form a band from half an inch to 2 inches broad, the two ends of which are bound together with cane.  It also, like No. 2, is finished on the body.  A man will often wear two or three of these belts together.

(5) A belt (Plate 15, Fig. i) made out of the inner fibre of a creeping plant [35]; made and worn by men only.  The fibre threads used for this belt are very fine, so the plaiting is minute, instead of being coarse like that of No. 2; but it is generally done rather loosely and openly.  The belt is usually about 2 inches wide or a trifle less and is often plaited in slightly varying geometric patterns.  It is not stained in manufacture, but the natural stone-grey colour of the fibre soon becomes tinted as the result of wear and the staining of the wearer’s body, and in particular it often becomes an ornamental red.  This belt also is finished on the man’s body.

(6) A belt (Plate 15, Fig. 2) made of the inner fibre of what I was told was another creeping plant [36] and the stem of a plant which I believe to be one of the Dendrobiums [37]; made and worn by men only.  The fibres of the former plant are stained black; the reedy stems of the other plant are put in short bamboo stems filled with water, and then boiled.  They are then easily split up into flattish straws, and become a colour varying from rather bright yellow to brown.  For making the belt these two materials, looking rather like black and bright yellow straw, are plaited together in various geometrical patterns.  The width of the belt is 2 inches, or a trifle more.  It is tied at the ends with fibre string.

(7) A rather special form of belt (Plate 15, Fig. 3) used mainly for visiting and dancing; made and worn by both men and women.  The belt is made out of a hank of loose separate strands between 4 and 5 feet long, tied together with string or bark cloth at two opposite points, so as to form a belt of between 2 feet and 2 feet 6 inches in length.  For better description I would liken it to a skein of wool, as it looks when held on the hands of one person for