Freeman, R. Austin (Richard Austin) 1862-1943. author · Westminster A. Constable and Company · leaf 453
DRESS AND PERSONAL ORNAMENT 425 or his status as a slave. In some cases, however, the markings appear to be entirely ornamental in character, and these are generally situated upon the trunk or limbs, the face-marks having, I think, invariably some special significance. Examples of incised… … from the ala of the nose on TRIBAL MARKS OF MOSHI. each side), the Dagombas (very similar to the Moshis), and the Gruinsis (three long lines on either side of the face). ^ The Ashantis alone among the peoples of the Gold Coast region have no marks of any kind. Among the Ang-laws (or Awoonas) it is…
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