. Bulletin. Ethnology. Fig. 45.—Women's tattoo, a, Yurok and norUiwestern tribes; b, c, San Francisco, probably Costanoan ; d, Sinkyone; e, northwestern valley Maidu; f, northeastern and southern Maidu; ;/, Yuki ; h-l, Chukchansi Yokuts. Compare the Wailaki,. Yuki, Huchnom, and northeni Porno tattoos shown in Powers, Tribes of CaJifomia, pages 116, 130, 140, 142, 144, 158. drew the knees up and joined the hands in front of them. The Plains Indian woman's attitude, with both legs to one side, was not adopted. The habits of all the California Indians in these interest- ing matters are little kno
. Bulletin. Ethnology. Fig. 45.—Women's tattoo, a, Yurok and norUiwestern tribes; b, c, San Francisco, probably Costanoan ; d, Sinkyone; e, northwestern valley Maidu; f, northeastern and southern Maidu; ;/, Yuki ; h-l, Chukchansi Yokuts. Compare the Wailaki,. Yuki, Huchnom, and northeni Porno tattoos shown in Powers, Tribes of CaJifomia, pages 116, 130, 140, 142, 144, 158. drew the knees up and joined the hands in front of them. The Plains Indian woman's attitude, with both legs to one side, was not adopted. The habits of all the California Indians in these interest- ing matters are little known, but it is clear that custom and not inherited nature is the chief determinant. As at so many other points, nature seems at once to have furnished us a structure that permits a surprising variety of sustained positions, and to have deprived us of instincts favoring one rather than the other; so that culture has a clear opportunity to evolve the most diverse Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Smithsonian Institution. Bureau of American Ethnology. Washington : G. P. O.
Size: 1238px × 2018px
Photo credit: © Library Book Collection / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: ., bookcentury1900, bookdecade1900, booksubjectethnolo, bookyear1901
