The history of mankind (1896) (14760814581)

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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Ring worn by the Igorrotes on the upper arm when dancingone-third real size. (From the same.) cover for it. Over the whole Malayan region special attention is paid to teeth mutilation, which often appearsin connection with artificial colouring of the teeth. Most common of all isthe filing of the upper incisors and canines so that they are made shorterbut keep their shape. The same treatment is also applied to the corre- 412 THE HISTORY OF MANKIND sponding teeth of the lower jaw. Sometimes the teeth are filed to a point,sometimes a transverse groove is cut, or a triangle is knocked out betweenthe two front teeth. This is, as a rule, first done at the age of puberty,

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Malay weapons : (1,2) Hat and shield from Mindanao, in the Philippines ; (3) Quiver with poisoned arrows fromCelebes ; (4) a champions shield from Solor ; (5) Sword from Gorontalo in Celebes ; (6) Mandau of theKahayan River Dyaks ; (7) Outfit from Ombai ; (8) Spears from Java. (Dresden Collection.) though we find grown men who have not yet undergone it. But in any casegood manners seem to require that it should take place before marriage. What-ever may be the original idea of teeth tiling, it is now done as a gratification ofthe sense of beauty. Long white teeth are dogs teeth. Further evidence of thisis the custom, widespread in Borneo and Sumatra, of drawing gold wire through DjRESS, WEAPONS, AND OTHER PROPERTY OF THE MALAYS 413 the four incisor teeth of the upper jaw. Among the Tobah Battaks a man oftencarries all his property about in his head ; in this case the teeth are alwaysblackened, but, as a rule, they are also blackened after the first filing. Thispractice, which now is a

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