. Women of all nations, a record of their characteristics, habits, manners, customs and influence; . kingonly more pronounced, the central line beingcarried from the nose to the summit of thehead. Their marks stand out in high relief,and form a kind of crest. The Sango andSakara ladies pinch up knots of skin ontheir foreheads, tying them round until theybecome permanent. They have about live 3i8 WOMEN OF ALL NATIONS of these skin beads arranged in a per-pendicular line between the nose and theforehead (see p. 324). Most of the women have their backselaborately scarred. Painting is practised ne
. Women of all nations, a record of their characteristics, habits, manners, customs and influence; . kingonly more pronounced, the central line beingcarried from the nose to the summit of thehead. Their marks stand out in high relief,and form a kind of crest. The Sango andSakara ladies pinch up knots of skin ontheir foreheads, tying them round until theybecome permanent. They have about live 3i8 WOMEN OF ALL NATIONS of these skin beads arranged in a per-pendicular line between the nose and theforehead (see p. 324). Most of the women have their backselaborately scarred. Painting is practised nearly everywhere;the favourite pigment, a bright red, isobtained from a tree, and is called tukula,but other vegetable and mineral pigments e\en elderly women wear a small piece ofpleated cloth nearly as big as ones hand,or to the Sango, who find a hair from anelephants tail all they desire, one feelsalready again in the civilised world. Andone must incline with respect before therich costume of a Banza lady which con-sists usually of a few leaves or a bunch ofgrass; but it must be mentioned that. By pcrimssion qf the hthito-^rafhu BAPOTO WOMEN ORNAMENTED FOR A RELIGIOUS CEREMONY. The figure in the centre is the Fetish Priest. are equally used. Mourning is, as a rule,indicated by white paint, but an exceptionis formed by the Ubangi women, who onthese occasions blacken their faces, while theBambala women paint theirs brown. The money spent by a Congo lady on herdressmaker would certainly not ruin herparents, and I have neverheard of any of them resortingto cheating at bridge in orderto satisfy the pressing demands of themilliner. Thus among the Budja, Bapoto,and some other tribes no dress whatever isworn, the tattooed decoration being all thatis considered necessary, and when one comesfrom a sojourn among them into the countryof the Bazoko, where a costume of one headfastened round the waist is found, nay where CongoleseDress. decolletage is not unknown amongst them,since on fest
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