. Women of all nations, a record of their characteristics, habits, manners, customs and influence; . SANGO WOMAN. CONGO FREE STATE. Showing the raised scars with which dark-skinned peoples oflen ornament their bodies. Fashions A HAIDA WOMAN OF QUEEN CHARLOTTE ISLAND (NORTH-WEST AMERICA). Shewing Lip-Plug. Drawn bv Nokman H. Hardv. INTRODUCTION Collars. Ear-Rings. Heavy metal collars, such as is illus-trated on this page, often weighing as muchas thirty pounds or more, are fre-quently worn by belles of theCongo, while in East Africa thick iron wireis often coiled round arms and le
. Women of all nations, a record of their characteristics, habits, manners, customs and influence; . SANGO WOMAN. CONGO FREE STATE. Showing the raised scars with which dark-skinned peoples oflen ornament their bodies. Fashions A HAIDA WOMAN OF QUEEN CHARLOTTE ISLAND (NORTH-WEST AMERICA). Shewing Lip-Plug. Drawn bv Nokman H. Hardv. INTRODUCTION Collars. Ear-Rings. Heavy metal collars, such as is illus-trated on this page, often weighing as muchas thirty pounds or more, are fre-quently worn by belles of theCongo, while in East Africa thick iron wireis often coiled round arms and legs untilthe greater part of the limbs are covered{see p. II); heavy coiled collars are also soworn. Nor are these latter confined toAfrica. The women of a certain hill-tribein Burma wear long neck ornaments of thisnature, which tend to lengthen the neck toan abnormal extent {see p. 12). But, of all the parts of the body, the ear is perhaps the most suitable for theattachment of jewellery,and consequently there are few tribes which do not make use of it in this way. Besides rings, which are almost universal, the tribes of South-east Asia, Borneo {see p. 13), East Africa {see pp. 16 and 17) and elsewhere, insert large and heavy plugs
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