A YOUNG KALINGA 



He has the peculiar eyes which are typical for the people of this tribe. The Kalinga are not 

 forest-dwellers, but live on the open hillside and bare plain (see page 863) 



elaborately constructed ornamental work, 

 usnig small beads of various colors, hair 

 from the manes and tails of white horses, 

 bits of bright metal, pieces of mother-of- 

 pearl, copper or brass wire, and the beaks 

 of hornbills. From wire they make 

 elaborate and beautifully constructed 

 chains, which they wear about their 

 necks (see pages 850, 854). 



Girdles of cowries strung on colored 



cloth are considered especially valuable, 

 as are long ear pendants made from the 

 scarlet beaks of hornbills and mounted 

 with brass. The latter ornaments are 

 worn by men only. Both men and wo- 

 men wear large mother-of-pearl ear or- 

 naments decorated with conventional 

 scratch-work patterns. 



Not only do the women embroider with 

 stirprising skill, but they make tassels of 



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