For playground, field, and forest; the outdoor handy book (1900)
Beard, Daniel Carter, 1850-1941 · New York, C. Scribner's sons · leaf 127
Fig. 78.—Stilt Walkers, Marquesas Islanders. beautifully made and superbly decorated stilts, and thoughtit great fun to trip each other up. In place of straps the block of the Marquesas stiltcurves over so as to hold the foot. They used hand-stiltslike those of the Western boys (Fig. 78).… … dignity of bearing ;but it is hinted thattheir fathers andhusbands intro-duced the style soas to make it diffi-cult for them towalk, and causethem to stay athome, just as theChinese of to-daykeep up the style ofcramping and de-forming their wom-ens feet to preventthem gadding about.These…
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