AN ASHANTI WOMAN AND TWO FEMALE CHILDREN. The marks on the face denote the tribe or slave-owner, the gaiter below the left knee denotes the sex. Married women wear the garter under each knee from the book ' The living races of mankind ' a popular illustrated account of the customs, habits, pursuits, feasts & ceremonies of the races of mankind throughout the world by Sir Harry Hamilton Johnston, and Henry Neville Hutchinson Published in London by Hutchinson & Co. in 1902

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Location: Africa
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