The history of mankind (1896) (14761621754)

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Toangos of Northern Sumatra. (From a photograph.)

Identifier: historyofmankind01ratz (find matches)

Title: The history of mankind

Year: 1896 (1890s)

Authors: Ratzel, Friedrich, 1844-1904 Butler, Arthur John, 1844-1910

Subjects: Ethnology Anthropology

Publisher: London, Macmillan and co., ltd. New York, The Macmillan co.

Contributing Library: Wellesley College Library

Digitizing Sponsor: Wellesley College Library

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finities clearly expressed in trousers, shoes, and embroidered blouses. Flerethe black head-kerchief, as well as the turban, is favoured by both sexes.Among all the modern clothing, relics of the primitive dress often continueto lead a stunted existence. The bark girdle, which the Alfurs of Ceramput on with ceremonies in their fifteenth year, as a sign of maturity, has nowturned into a meaningless thread worn under the cotton jacket and the sarong.In the same way, the women of the Andamans wear under their Christian clothingtheir old fig leaf in the shape of a bunch of leaves, while the children of well-to-doMalays have a gold or silver plate fastened by a chain round their bodies. The modes of dressing the hair are manifold. Usually all hair except that ofthe head is removed ; the Tagals in Luzon keep the hair of the head short; theZambals leave one long lock ; the Shekwans of Formosa, following the Chinesecustoms, shave the front of the head and draw the hair into a pig-tail. On the

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Toangos of Northern Sumatra. (From a photograph.) 4o8 THE HISTORY OF MANKIND other hand, the women dress their hair in a fashion which recurs in the Philippines,in Celebes, and in Borneo. Part of the hair is combed down over the forehead,and cut in a fringe over the eyebrows, the rest is tied in a tight knot at the top ofthe head. On their heads they wear a square black handkerchief, the two cornersof which are lightly fastened together at the back of the neck, forming a sort ofcap which throws a deep shade on the face.

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