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Title: Anthropology; an introduction to the study of man and civilization
Year: 1896 (1890s)
Authors: Tylor, Edward Burnett, Sir, 1832-1917
Subjects: Anthropology Civilization
Publisher: New York, D. Appleton
Contributing Library: Robarts - University of Toronto
Digitizing Sponsor: University of Toronto

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h cheeks, or a row of raised pimples down his foreheadto the tip of his nose. Higher up in civiUzation, tattooingstill lasts on, as where Arab women will slightly touch uptheir faces, arms, or ankles with the needle, and our sailorsamuse themselves with having an anchor or a ship in fullsail done with gunpowder on their arms, but in this lastcase the original purpose is lost, for the picture is hiddenunder the sleeve. Naturally, as clothing comes more andmore to cover the body, the primitive skin-decorations cease,for what is the use of adorning oneself out of sight? The head is frequently cropped or shaved close as a signof mourning. Some tribes tlms go brld always, like theAndaman islanders ; or let the hair grow in tonsure-fashionin a ring round the shaved crown, like the Coroado (that is, X.) ARTS CF LIFE. 239 •crowned) Indians of Brazil; or wear a shaven head widia long scalp-lock or pigtail like the North American Indians,or the Manchus of Tartary, from whom the modern Chinese
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■i&M^p:mkJ^ Fig. 66.—Natives of Lepers Island (New Hebrides.) have adopted this habit. A curious mode of twisting thehair with strips of bark into hundreds of long thin ringletsis seen in the portraits of natives of Lepers Island, Fig, 66. 240. ANTHROPOLOGY. (chap. Various tribes grind their front teeth to points, or cutthem away in angular patterns, so that in Africa and else-where a mans tribe is often known by the cut of his teeth.Long finger-nails are noticed even among ourselves as show-ing that the owner does no manual labour, and in Chinaand neighbouring countries they are allowed to grow to amonstrous length as a symbol of nobility, ladies wearingsilver cases to protect them, or at least as a pretence thatthey are there (see the portraits of Siamese actresses inroyal dress, Fig. 7,2). Or the nails may be let to grow as asign that the wearer leads a religious life, and does noworldly work, as in the accompanying figure of the hand ofa Chinese ascetic. Fig. 67. As any na

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