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two vertical cuts are now made, one on either side close to the spine, cutting through the head of the ribs of course and thus removing the whole of the head and spine in one piece. Another examination is next made from behind into the thoracic and abdominal cavities to learn for any additional clues as to the cause of death and ultimately the whole of the left upper and lower extremities are removed, including the shoulder blade (but not the hip). The whole of the remainder is the right extremities and the trunk, is then re-interred in the same hole, which it had previously occupied, now dug deeper : occasionally these portions are cremated instead of being re-interred. The head, spine and left extremities are next placed in a bark box-tree trough made after the fashion of the too-bal (sect. 64) to be used with in the camp. This envelope is made from a piece about 4 x 3 feet, puckered up at the extremities, through which a wooden peg is pierced and tied : the remains are next put in, another sheet of bark is placed on top and tucked under the lateral edges of the envelope, which is fixed in position over it by a string laced crossways through holes pierced in the sides. The trough, with its contents is during the day taken charge of by the blood or group. mothers, and during the night by a blood or group. brother : indeed, one of the latter often sleeps on it in lieu of a pillow. [On top of it are often left pieces of hair for just a few days to up to a few months - such pieces being subsequently utilised for mixing with bark-fibre to make the [can't read] strings or circlets - (occasionally also anointed with the greasy exudations from the corpse) -which are worn over one shoulder and under the opposite arm-pit. Wherever these [can't read] strings ?, may be placed eg. in a dilly-bag, on a hut [can't read], such is rigidly "taboo" to the women - sect 33g}. During these celebrations of mourning some individual - resident , or stranger.