OF NORTHEASTERN BENGAL. 



Ill 



but it is all borne cheerfully for fashion's sake. With such 

 an apparatus the Santhal woman was so manacled and hand- 

 cuffed that she could do little more than carry it about ; one 

 hand had to support the other, or both were rested on the 

 hips ; she walked with difficulty, and was liable to accidents 

 in the thickets from her neck-ring. Once on, they can only 

 be removed by the file, and in their "wild state to be re- 

 placed by larger and heavier ones. When Christianized 

 they are glad to have them filed off, and then can do twice 



llJt ".lie! il i Butlill 'it)Il 1O SJIi^IOV/' 9^0111 JJ.K; 

 FIG. 7. 

 .8 



CLASP 



iO OVTJ 



'. } SIZE. 

 KIWOH8 ,aJIHO *<> TOOl 



the labor of their heavily adorned heathen sisters. They 

 have been known to carry thus thirty pounds, but usually 

 about twelve. The ankle^ 3Pe warn $$6w the malleolar 

 prominences, and ar6>c^ f fc&te 3IJ 



Clasps or buckles for the leg above the anklet. Of these 



f O 



I have two. FIGURE 7 is one for an adult, weighing 1 



pounds. The one for a child weighs 



es, both of 



bell metal. These are the most singular of their orna- 

 ments, and had we not the drawings of the missionaries, 

 it would be difficult to make out how they "were worn. 

 FIGURE 6 shows how these singular ornaments are worn. 



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