In the Andamans and Nicobars: The Narrative of a Cruise in the Schooner "Terrapin", with Notices of the Islands, Their Fauna, Ethnology, EtcMurray, 1903 - 373 pages |
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... women might almost be called pretty , even when judged from a European standpoint . For clothing , the men wore breech - clouts of red cotton , and strings of beads or small shells about the neck : the ornaments of the women consisted ...
... women might almost be called pretty , even when judged from a European standpoint . For clothing , the men wore breech - clouts of red cotton , and strings of beads or small shells about the neck : the ornaments of the women consisted ...
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The Narrative of a Cruise in the Schooner "Terrapin", with Notices of the Islands, Their Fauna, Ethnology, Etc Cecil Boden Kloss. [ To face page 24 . ANDAMANESE WOMEN . [ To face page 28 . ANDAMANESE SHELTER .
The Narrative of a Cruise in the Schooner "Terrapin", with Notices of the Islands, Their Fauna, Ethnology, Etc Cecil Boden Kloss. [ To face page 24 . ANDAMANESE WOMEN . [ To face page 28 . ANDAMANESE SHELTER .
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... women were daubed with white clay , and one , in addition to a quantity of coral ornaments , wore suspended from her neck a human skull daubed with red earth . This , however , is not , as was long supposed , a sign of conjugal mourning ...
... women were daubed with white clay , and one , in addition to a quantity of coral ornaments , wore suspended from her neck a human skull daubed with red earth . This , however , is not , as was long supposed , a sign of conjugal mourning ...
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... Women : Decorations and Absurd Appear- ance - Trials of Photography - The Village - Food - Bows , Arrows , and Utensils Barter - Coiffure - Fauna - Water - New Species . AFTER leaving Port Blair , where we got up anchor at half - past ...
... Women : Decorations and Absurd Appear- ance - Trials of Photography - The Village - Food - Bows , Arrows , and Utensils Barter - Coiffure - Fauna - Water - New Species . AFTER leaving Port Blair , where we got up anchor at half - past ...
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... women , and three children . In this little company there proved to be the three biggest men we saw among the Andamanese ; in height they stood 5 feet 4 inches , 5 feet 3 inches , and 5 feet 2 inches respectively . Although possibly a ...
... women , and three children . In this little company there proved to be the three biggest men we saw among the Andamanese ; in height they stood 5 feet 4 inches , 5 feet 3 inches , and 5 feet 2 inches respectively . Although possibly a ...
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aborigines amongst anchored Andamanese Andamans and Nicobars appearance Arakan Archipelago ashore Asiatic bamboo Beach forest birds boat Burmese canoe Captain ceremony Chaura Chinese clay cloth coast coco palms coconuts colour convict coral cotton covered crew dancing Elpanam face fathoms feast feet fish Friend of England fruit Galathea head headman houses Hume inches Indian inhabitants interior Jarawas jungle Kachal Kamorta Kar Nicobar killed Kondul land latter Linn Little Andaman Little Nicobar mafai Malacca Malay Malayan mangroves megapode miles monsoon Mūs Nancowry Nankauri Harbour natives Nicobar Islands Nicobarese night obtained Öngés palm leaves pandanus pigs Port Blair possess rattan reef round rowed Rutland Island sail schooner seemed Settlement ship Shom Pen shore side spears species specimens spirits Sumatra tamiluanas Tanamara Teressa Terrapin Tilanchong trade trees Trinkat vessel village voyage wind women wood yards