The ceremony in the case of a chief's child seems to be the same as
that for other children, the platform business of the perineal band
ceremony being apparently omitted in this case.

If the ceremony is performed at a big feast, the variations are
substantially similar to those of the perineal band ceremony; and in
particular the placing of the child on the pig, and the running with
it to the _emone_, are postponed to a later date.

The observations as to the subsequent purification in connection with
the perineal band ceremony apply to this ceremony also.

It will be noticed that girls are included in this admission to the
_emone_. When a girl has undergone the admission ceremony she has free
entry into the _emone_--except that she must not sleep there--until
she formally receives her perineal band, upon which her permission
to enter the _emone_ ceases.

Ceremony Conferring Right to Use Drum and Dance.

This ceremony also applies to both boys and girls; but I omitted to
ascertain the age at which it usually occurs. It is similar to the
perineal band ceremony, except that the child is dressed in dance
ornaments (though not the fullest formal dance ornaments), until we
reach the stage of standing on the pig, and putting on of the feather
ornament, which is omitted; and, instead of it, the person who has
bought the pig places the child upon it, and then for a short time
beats a drum, after which he gives the drum to the child, who also
beats it, and then returns it to him.

I cannot say whether in this case there is any variation of the
ceremony as regards a chief's child; but I do not think there is.

Here again I believe that, when the ceremony takes place at a big
feast, the variations are similar to those above described, and in
particular the standing on the pig and drum-beating are postponed.

The observations as to the subsequent purification in connection with
the perineal band ceremony apply to this one also.

Ceremony on Devolution of Chieftainship

When chieftainship devolves on the death of a chief to his successor,
there is no ceremony connected with the devolution. [77]

When a chief resigns in his lifetime, however, there is a
ceremony. There does not appear to be a special dance and feast
connected with this, it being always tacked on to some other ceremony
or group of ceremonies. This particular ceremony does not, in fact,
begin until after the pig-killing. The retiring chief will hav