. The history of mankind . .... a photograph by Richard Buchta.) torgets to wear it, though it may well happen that his leather apron is in a scandalously tattered state. The man of low culturedemands much more luxury compared with his small means than one in a higherstage. Ornament holds such a foremost place that some ethnologists havedeclared it impossible to decide where clothing ends and ornament begins. Allclothing seems to them to have proceeded by way of modification from ornament;and they hold that modesty played no part in the earliest evolution of facts no doubt show
. The history of mankind . .... a photograph by Richard Buchta.) torgets to wear it, though it may well happen that his leather apron is in a scandalously tattered state. The man of low culturedemands much more luxury compared with his small means than one in a higherstage. Ornament holds such a foremost place that some ethnologists havedeclared it impossible to decide where clothing ends and ornament begins. Allclothing seems to them to have proceeded by way of modification from ornament;and they hold that modesty played no part in the earliest evolution of facts no doubt show that the delight in ornament preponderates over thesense of decency ; but it does not follow that it was anterior. Modesty in the woman is especially apt to take on a touch of coquetry, foran example of which we need look no further than the low-necked dresses of ourown ball-rooms. In this way what was once an article essential to decency imper-ceptibly approximates more and more to ornament by the addition of fringes, or,. (From 96 THE HISTORY OF MAXKIXD as among the Fans and some of the Congo tribes, by the attachment of stringsof jingling bells. Even more grotesque combinations of concealment and parademay be observed ; especially where there is a religious motive for the former. The style and completeness of the clothing naturally depends in great measureupon the extent to which Nature or labour has provided material. All countriesare not so benevolently furnished in this respect as tropical Brazil, where the
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