. The history of mankind . 1. Tortoise-shell combs from Pelew. One half real size. (Kubary Collection, Berlin.)2. Azandeh or Xyam-Nyam shield. One-tenth real size. (Vienna Ethnographical Museum.) gourds, and the like. Rings, bells of different kinds, clasps, and buttons, whichare stuck into holes bored in their lips and ear lobes ; with lancet-shaped hairpins,which seem necessary for parting and dividing their plaits, complete the Bongoladys dressing-case. A pair of tweezers for thorns, in a case attached to thedagger-sheath, forms part of the outfit in almost all parts of Africa. Many carrya

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. The history of mankind . 1. Tortoise-shell combs from Pelew. One half real size. (Kubary Collection, Berlin.)2. Azandeh or Xyam-Nyam shield. One-tenth real size. (Vienna Ethnographical Museum.) gourds, and the like. Rings, bells of different kinds, clasps, and buttons, whichare stuck into holes bored in their lips and ear lobes ; with lancet-shaped hairpins,which seem necessary for parting and dividing their plaits, complete the Bongoladys dressing-case. A pair of tweezers for thorns, in a case attached to thedagger-sheath, forms part of the outfit in almost all parts of Africa. Many carrya porcupines bristle or an ivory pin stuck into the hair to keep it are well known to the Polynesians, the Arctic races, and the Negroes. While the civilized European regards cleanliness as the best adornment, eventhe Oriental is very far from giving it a high place. Barbarous races practise it THE HISTORY OF MANKIND when it docs not cost too much trouble. In certain directions, however, it canbecome a custom ;

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