. The earth and its inhabitants ... Geography. 344 AUSTRALASIA. both sexes are artificially deformed, the object being to elongate that of the boys and shorten that of the girls. Tattooing has become rare, and is scarcely practised at all except by the women, who puncture arms and chest by a painful process, which leaves an indelible blue pattern. The custom of smearing the body with soot is also falling into abeyance according as clothes take the place of the primi- tive rudimentary costume. Patriarchal right prevails among the IS'ew Caledonian tribes. All power and Fia:. 147.—New Caledonian
. The earth and its inhabitants ... Geography. 344 AUSTRALASIA. both sexes are artificially deformed, the object being to elongate that of the boys and shorten that of the girls. Tattooing has become rare, and is scarcely practised at all except by the women, who puncture arms and chest by a painful process, which leaves an indelible blue pattern. The custom of smearing the body with soot is also falling into abeyance according as clothes take the place of the primi- tive rudimentary costume. Patriarchal right prevails among the IS'ew Caledonian tribes. All power and Fia:. 147.—New Caledonian property are inherited by the eldest son whether by birth or adoption ; but although the idea of property is thoroughly developed, custom requires all produce to be shared in a brotherly way amongst the members of the community. When provisions abound, all, even the dead, have their portion ; the emigrant also presents all his earnings to the chief to be equally distributed throughout the tribe. But amongst the tribes themselves there exists scarcely any political union ;. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Reclus, Elisée, 1830-1905; Ravenstein, Ernest George, 1834-1913; Keane, A. H. (Augustus Henry), 1833-1912. New York, D. Appleton and company
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