. The pagan tribes of Borneo; a description of their physical, moral and intellectual condition, with some discussion of their ethnic relations. Plate 30. SEA-DAYAK WOMAN WEARING COAT AND PETTICOATORNAMENTED WITH < Oh Q Q MATERIAL CONDITIONS 47 corset is made to open partially or completely downthe front, but is often worn continuously for longperiods. She wears her hair tied in a knot at theback of her head. The principal garment of the women of all theother peoples is a skirt of bark or cotton cloth,which is tied by a string a little below the level ofthe crest of the hip bone; i
. The pagan tribes of Borneo; a description of their physical, moral and intellectual condition, with some discussion of their ethnic relations. Plate 30. SEA-DAYAK WOMAN WEARING COAT AND PETTICOATORNAMENTED WITH < Oh Q Q MATERIAL CONDITIONS 47 corset is made to open partially or completely downthe front, but is often worn continuously for longperiods. She wears her hair tied in a knot at theback of her head. The principal garment of the women of all theother peoples is a skirt of bark or cotton cloth,which is tied by a string a little below the level ofthe crest of the hip bone; it reaches almost to theankle, but is open at the left side along its wholedepth. It is thus a large apron rather than a the woman is at work in the house orelsewhere, she tucks up the apron by drawing thefront flap backwards between her legs, and tuckingit tightly into the band behind, thus reducing it tothe proportions and appearance of a small pair ofbathing-drawers. Each woman possesses also along-sleeved, long-bodied jacket of white cottonsimilar to that worn by the men; this coat isgenerally worn by both sexes when working in thefields or travelling in boats, chiefly as a protectionagainst the rays
Size: 1370px × 1824px
Photo credit: © The Reading Room / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: ., bookcentury1900, bookdecade1910, booksubjectethnolo, bookyear1912
