. Bulletin of the Essex Institute . ets, though usually slipped on without difficultyover the heels of the young girl, where they remain tillshe outgrows them, are sometimes forced on with greatviolence by the native makers, who place at first moistenedleather over the heel and instep to prevent excoriation ;as the weight on each foot, with the article next described,may be four pounds, it happens not unfrequently that thehard heavy metal cuts into the skin, causing great pain ; OF NORTHEASTERN BENGAL. Ill but it is all homo cheerfully for fashions sake. With suchan apparatus the Santhal woman
. Bulletin of the Essex Institute . ets, though usually slipped on without difficultyover the heels of the young girl, where they remain tillshe outgrows them, are sometimes forced on with greatviolence by the native makers, who place at first moistenedleather over the heel and instep to prevent excoriation ;as the weight on each foot, with the article next described,may be four pounds, it happens not unfrequently that thehard heavy metal cuts into the skin, causing great pain ; OF NORTHEASTERN BENGAL. Ill but it is all homo cheerfully for fashions sake. With suchan apparatus the Santhal woman was so manacled and band-cuffed thai she could do little more than carry it about ; one hand had to support the other, or both were rested on thehips ; she walked with difficulty, and was liable to accidentsin the thickets from her neck-ring. Once on, they can onlybe removed by the file, and in their wild state to be re-placed by larger and heavier ones. When Christianizedthey are glad to have them tiled oil, and then can do twice. Clasp worn above thus anklet the labor of their heavily adorned heathen sisters. Theyhave been known to carry thus thirty pounds, but usuallyabout twelve. The anklets are worn below the malleolarprominences, and are called banhi. Clasps or buckles for the leg above the anklet. Of theseI have two. Figure 7 is one for an adult, weighing Hpounds. The one for a child weighs 3J ounces, both ofbill metal. These are the most singular of their orna-ments, and had we not the drawings of the missionaries,it would be difficult to make out how they were 6 shows how these singular ornaments are worn. ESSKX INST. BULLETIN, VOL. XIX 9* 112 ON THE SANTHALS One would at first think it was placed under the heel,coming up behind, under the ankle-ring; but, on the con-trary, it is worn above the anklet, 2£ to 3 inches. It isshaped something like the letter U, and is bent almost at aright angle ; its two halves are precisely alike, and its up-per posterior
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