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Mundurucus, were more interesting than those we had 

 visited. They came on trading business from a distant set- 

 tlement some twenty days' journey from Mauhes. The 



Mundurucu Indian (Male).* 



man's whole face is tattooed in bluish black, this sin- 

 gular mask being finished on the edge by a fine, open 

 pattern, about half an inch broad, running % around the 



* I did not succeed in getting good likenesses of this Mundurucu pair. The 

 above wood-cuts do no justice to their features and expression, though they 



give a faithful record of the peculiar mode of tattooing. L. A. 



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