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savages, ornament is more attended to than dress, and is 

 more used by the men than by the women. They often 

 pierce the sides of the nose, sticking in them pieces of bone. 



Fig. (37.— a native of dutch new guinea. 



feathers, or tusks of the wild pig. The ears are also pierced, 

 and either shell earrings are worn, or sticks ornamented 

 with feathers are stuck through the lobes. Necklaces of 



