short treatise on head wear, ancient and modern, A. (1885)
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t being a mark to denote the rank of the wearer.In color it is generally of the most brilliant hue, and ofrichly embroidered materials. Great taste and ingenuityare exercised in the manner of twisting it around the headso as to make the folds appear as graceful as possible.The different turbans on… … On page 11 we have some types of African head-dress,F^gs. 31, 32 and 34 showing what the natives of that darkcontinent have done for themselves in the way of headadornment, entirely unaided by fashion or the knowledgeof what their brothers in other parts of the world werewearing. Fig. 33, though of…
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