. Women of all nations, a record of their characteristics, habits, manners, customs and influence; . lobesfrequently becomelengthened to eight orten inches. Some passa stick through theseptum of the nose;the Bakumu and Ban-ziri pierce their upperlips, and wear in thehole a disc of wood orivory of the size of a crown or even bigger. The latter makeseveral holes in the lower lip as well, whileothers pierce the upper part of the ear inseveral places and hang string tassels fromthem. The Baluba women have the fourfront incisors knocked out, and most ofthe women have their teeth filed. It may be co
. Women of all nations, a record of their characteristics, habits, manners, customs and influence; . lobesfrequently becomelengthened to eight orten inches. Some passa stick through theseptum of the nose;the Bakumu and Ban-ziri pierce their upperlips, and wear in thehole a disc of wood orivory of the size of a crown or even bigger. The latter makeseveral holes in the lower lip as well, whileothers pierce the upper part of the ear inseveral places and hang string tassels fromthem. The Baluba women have the fourfront incisors knocked out, and most ofthe women have their teeth filed. It may be considered the rule, that theless dress a woman wears the more ornamentshe requires ; of course I only mean Congolesewomen. Thus the Budja, who wear noclothes, have, around tlieir necks, collars offorged brass often weigliing as mucli asthirty pounds, and anklets nearly as heavyon their feet. Bracelets are worn nearly everywhere;those of the Kasai, made of iron, are especiallybeautiful. The legs are also ornamentedwith brass circlets, whicli often reach fromthe anldes to the knees ; in many tribes. brass wire is wrapped round the legs andarms in spirals to the knees and of iron, brass or ivory, are worn onall fingers, and often on the big toe, and theBanza women wear a ring in the women of the Province Orientale have one side of the nose pierced and weara button of iron orsilver in the hole;\\hilst the Bubu inthe Ubangi carry intheir upper lip a pieceof crystal two inchesin length; if the}cannot afford crystal,they use copal gum. Necklaces are madeof most varied ma-terial ; all kinds ofteeth (human i n-cluded), beads, feath-ers, iron trinkets, woodand ivory carvings,seeds and shells, necklaces arenot always very com-fortable, such, for in-stance, as that shownin the illustrations onpp. 322 and 325, whichare made of brass, areforged on to the neck, and sometimes weighas much as thirty pounds. Fans are almost unknown ; in one tribeonly, the Bakumu,
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