Liberia 



The Kru women 

 when young occa- 

 sionally offer ex- 

 amples of comely 

 figures/ but as a rule 

 they are unsightly 

 and misshapen. They 

 exhibit a slight ten- 

 dency towards steato- 

 pygy (protuberant 

 buttocks), but this, 

 as in some cases in 

 the Egyptian Sudan, 

 does not so much 

 take the form of a 

 great posterior pro- 

 jection of the but- 

 tocks, but is shown 

 in the apparent en- 

 largement of the 

 pelvis and in the 

 great breadth across 

 the back of the 

 thighs. 



The De, a 

 small and dwindling 

 tribe near Monrovia, 

 who speak a Kru 



' Mr. I. F. Braham 

 writes : " The Km women 

 are hideous, gross, and 

 coarse, short-legged and squat, their costume is unrefined, and their manners are 

 wanting; tliey have loud raucous voices and are always wrangling." 



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344. "KRU WOMEN AUK UlUEOUb, bUOKT, A.ND SyUAj' 



