. Across Australia . A. _^a ^tt r il;. IMS w I 1II !■ \-.^iN,\ c1-:RI-,MiiMI>. TklBK. I llk( H r, li I Ml\\ AKR Wir Ni . \ 1-1^;, ii|i), \ ■ ir 1II r \--~i\i. I iiio 1 hi: IMIIAiniN rf;KI,MiiMI>, ^lliiWIM^ THK MKTIli ill I IF rVIM. Till. HAIK Ul u \RK \MrNr, \ TKiin-;.. ■,-,■ 97 ■ ■ \MM\N, V>AkK.\MrM;A IKIKI- LIFE IN THE WARRAMUNGA CAMP 365 Warramunga country is very dry and more liable todrought, with its consequent scarcity of food supply. One striking feature of the Warramunga men ascompared with the Arunta and Kaitish is that not onlydo they pull out the hairs on the
. Across Australia . A. _^a ^tt r il;. IMS w I 1II !■ \-.^iN,\ c1-:RI-,MiiMI>. TklBK. I llk( H r, li I Ml\\ AKR Wir Ni . \ 1-1^;, ii|i), \ ■ ir 1II r \--~i\i. I iiio 1 hi: IMIIAiniN rf;KI,MiiMI>, ^lliiWIM^ THK MKTIli ill I IF rVIM. Till. HAIK Ul u \RK \MrNr, \ TKiin-;.. ■,-,■ 97 ■ ■ \MM\N, V>AkK.\MrM;A IKIKI- LIFE IN THE WARRAMUNGA CAMP 365 Warramunga country is very dry and more liable todrought, with its consequent scarcity of food supply. One striking feature of the Warramunga men ascompared with the Arunta and Kaitish is that not onlydo they pull out the hairs on the forehead, but they dothe same with those on the upper lip. At first wethought that they must adopt some method of shavingwith a sharp stone, but this is not so. The process mustbe a very painful one, as every hair is pulled outseparately. We several times came across an old manlying down in camp with a younger man sitting besidehim busily engaged in pulling out the old mans hairs(Fig. 200). The figures will serve to give a good ideaof the physical appearance of the Warramunga—bothmen and women—at different periods of their life(Figs. 192-204). The old women (Fig. 204) areespecially hideous. Their hair is always cut very close,and in addition every one is charact
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