Chamberlain, James Franklin, 1869-1943 · London : Macmillan & Co. · leaf 46
t-fitting trousers, blu-ish black in color. We are mistaken. Mostif them wear no trousers. The limbs and thelower part of the body are closely tattooed. Thetattooing is done by pricking through the skinwith a sharp-pointed bone which has beendipped in coloring matter. Sometimes the girlsand women… … ISLAND DWELLERS 35 the waist and reachmg to the knees. The lava-lava is dyed different colors. Some of the men wear jackets of white.There are some women wearing garments look-ing like large bibs. Each garment is made ofa single piece of bright calico in which a holehas been cut for the head. The…
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