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Title: The uncivilized races of men in all countries of the world; being a comprehensive account of their manners and customs, and of their physical, social, mental, moral and religious characteristics. By Rev. J. G. Wood... With new designs by Angas, Danby, Wolf, Zwecker... 1871
Year: 1871 (1870s)
Authors: Wood, John George, 1827-1889
Subjects: Ethnology. Manners and customs. Savages
Publisher: J. B. Burr and company
Contributing Library: Brigham Young University-Idaho, David O. McKay Library
Digitizing Sponsor: Brigham Young University-Idaho

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. By way of contrast with this idol, we willnow look at another specimen (No. 2, onsame page), in which the artist has beenobliged to renounce color, and trust entirelyto outline; and it cannot be said that he hasbeen unsuccessful. The head and body ofthis image are cut out of a white and verylight wood, and have been covered withbark cloth. This cloth has been stainedblack, and the native artist has contrived toapply it with such perfection of manipula-tion that it fits closely to all the inequalitiesof the carving, and cannot even be seenuntil specially pointed out. The head and neck are separate from thetrunk, and carved out of a single piece ofwood; and even the bold crest and its sup-porting rays are cut out of the same pieceof wood. The teeth of the upper jaw arethose of a human being; but those of thelower jaw are simply a row of the palatineteeth of some large fish, and are sixteen innumber. They are flanked at each angle of Top Human teeth.Lower, Fish teeth.Mouth larger. Wimr
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(2.) WOODEN IDOL. (See page 1096.) (1.) FEATHER IDOL. (See page 1096.) (109T) A WOODEN IDOL. 1099 the mouth by a human tooth. After theteeth have been inserted into the wood, thebark cloth has been applied, and is turnedin at the roots of the teeth, so as to repre-sent the gums. The eyes are simply ovalpieces of mother-of-pearl. It is rather remarkable that the strip ofcloth which runs over the crest has not beenstained black, like that which covers thehead, face, and neck, but is nearly white,and of much stronger and coarser texture.The skill with which the maker has appliedthe cloth to the wood is really admirable.He has evidently soaked it until it was quitesoft and tender, and by means of carefulstretching and pressing has coaxed itover the various irregularities — such as thenose, eyes, and mouth — so that it fits asclosely as if it were the real skin. The neck is small, narrow, and scarcelyworthy of the name, being in fact little morethan a large peg, by which the head may b

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