Ewab] &c.; native Kii See also:Key KEI ISLANDS [Ke
, a See also:group in the Dutch See also:East Indies, in the residency of See also:Amboyna, between 5° and 6° 5' S. and 131° 50' and 133° 15' E., and consisting of four parts: Nuhu-Iut or See also:Great Kei, Roa or Little Kei, the Tayanda, and the Kur group
.
Great Kei differs physically in every respect from the other See also:groups
.
It is of See also:Tertiary formation (See also:Miocene), and has a See also:chain of volcanic elevations along the See also:axis, reaching a height of 2600 ft
.
Its See also:area is 290 sq. m., the See also:total See also:land area of the group being 572 sq. m
.
All the other islands are of See also:post-Tertiary formation and of level See also:surface
.
The group has submarine connexion, under relatively shallow See also:sea, with the Timorlaut group to the See also:south-See also:west and the chain of islands extending See also:north-west towards See also:Ceram; deep See also:water separates it on the east from the Aru Islands and on the west from the inner islands of the See also:Banda Sea
.
Among the products are coco-nuts, See also:sago, See also:fish, trepang, See also:timber, See also:copra, See also:maize, yams
and See also:tobacco
.
The See also:population is about 23,000, of whom 14,900 are pagans, and 8300 Mahommedans
.
The inhabitants are of three types
.
There is the true Kei Islander, a Polynesian by his height and See also:black or See also:- BROWN
- BROWN, CHARLES BROCKDEN (1771-181o)
- BROWN, FORD MADOX (1821-1893)
- BROWN, FRANCIS (1849- )
- BROWN, GEORGE (1818-188o)
- BROWN, HENRY KIRKE (1814-1886)
- BROWN, JACOB (1775–1828)
- BROWN, JOHN (1715–1766)
- BROWN, JOHN (1722-1787)
- BROWN, JOHN (1735–1788)
- BROWN, JOHN (1784–1858)
- BROWN, JOHN (1800-1859)
- BROWN, JOHN (1810—1882)
- BROWN, JOHN GEORGE (1831— )
- BROWN, ROBERT (1773-1858)
- BROWN, SAMUEL MORISON (1817—1856)
- BROWN, SIR GEORGE (1790-1865)
- BROWN, SIR JOHN (1816-1896)
- BROWN, SIR WILLIAM, BART
- BROWN, THOMAS (1663-1704)
- BROWN, THOMAS (1778-1820)
- BROWN, THOMAS EDWARD (1830-1897)
- BROWN, WILLIAM LAURENCE (1755–1830)
brown wavy See also:hair, with a complexion between the Papuan black and the See also:Malay yellow
.
There is the pure Papuan, who has been largely merged in the Kei type
.
Thirdly, there are the immigrant See also:Malays
.
These (distinguished by the use of a See also:special See also:language and by the profession of Mohammedanism) are descendants of natives of the Banda islands who fled eastward before the encroachments of the Dutch
.
The pagans have See also:rude statues of deities and places of See also:sacrifice indicated by See also:flat-topped See also:cairns
.
The Kei Islanders are skilful in See also:carving and celebrated See also:boat-builders
.
See C
.
M
.
Kan, " Onze geographische kennis der Keij-Eilanden," in Tijdschrift Aardrijkskundig Genootschap (1887); See also:- MARTIN (Martinus)
- MARTIN, BON LOUIS HENRI (1810-1883)
- MARTIN, CLAUD (1735-1800)
- MARTIN, FRANCOIS XAVIER (1762-1846)
- MARTIN, HOMER DODGE (1836-1897)
- MARTIN, JOHN (1789-1854)
- MARTIN, LUTHER (1748-1826)
- MARTIN, SIR THEODORE (1816-1909)
- MARTIN, SIR WILLIAM FANSHAWE (1801–1895)
- MARTIN, ST (c. 316-400)
- MARTIN, WILLIAM (1767-1810)
Martin, " See also:Die Kei-inseln u. ihr Verhaltniss zur Australisch-Asiatischen Grenzlinie," ibid. See also:part vii
.
(1890); W
.
R. See also:van Hoevell, " De Kei-Eilanden," in Tijdschr.Batavzan
.
Gen
.
(1889) ; " Verslagenvan de wetenschappelijke opnemingen en onderzoekingen op de Keij-Eilanden " (1889–1890), by Planten and Wertheim (1893), with See also:map and ethnographical See also:atlas of the south-western and south-eastern islands by Pleyte; See also:Langen, Die See also:Key- See also:oder Kii-Inseln (See also:Vienna, 1902)
.
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