Roth, H. Ling (Henry Ling), 1854-1925 · Halifax, Eng., F. King & Sons, ltd. · leaf 35
describes thehead dress of a chiefs wife at Gwato thus : Her hair a httle shaved off the pole, wascollected behind into a huntresss knot, which was divided into four large bunches,with three smaller along each side of the head from the occiput to the temples.These knots were defined by beads of… … Fig. II.—Fly Whisk said to have belonged to the King ofBenin, formed of coral beads with a handle of four large beadsof red jasper. Length 3g^in. (i m.) Messrs. Reed and Daltonfind a resemblance in the jusper beads to the long cornelianbeads which were exported from Europe for use in the…
Art, Primitive
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