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Preservation of hair alone, as a trophy, is less general; 

 doubtless because the evidence of victory which it yields is 

 inconclusive: one head might supply hair for two trophies. 

 Still there are cases in which an enemy s hair is displayed 

 in proof of success in war. Speaking of a Xaga, Grange 

 says his shield &quot; was covered over with the hair of the foes 

 he had killed.&quot; The tunic of a Mandan chief is described 

 as &quot; fringed with locks of hair taken by his own hand from 

 the heads of his enemies.&quot; And we read of the Cochimis 

 that &quot; at certain festivals their sorcerers . . . wore long 

 robes of skin, ornamented with human hair.&quot; 



353. Among easily-transported parts carried home to 

 prove victory, may next be named hands and feet. By the 

 Mexican tribes, Ceris and Opatas, &quot; the slain are scalped, or 

 a hand is cut off, and a dance performed round the trophies 

 on the field of battle.&quot; So, too, of the California Indians, 

 who also took scalps, we are told that &quot; the yet more bar 

 barous habit of cutting off the hands, feet, or head of a fallen 

 enemy, as trophies of victory, prevailed more widely. They 

 also plucked out and carefully preserved the eyes of the 

 slain.&quot; Though this is not said, we may assume that either 

 the right or the left foot or hand was the trophy; since, in 

 the absence of any distinction, victory over two enemies in 

 stead of one might be alleged. In one case, indeed, I find 

 the distinction noted. &quot; The right hands of the slain were 

 hung up by both parties [of hostile Khonds] on the trees 

 of the villages.&quot; Hands were trophies among ancient peo 

 ples of the old world also. The inscription on a tomb at El 

 Kab in Upper Egypt, tells how Aahmes, the son of Abuna, 

 the chief of the steersmen, &quot; when he had won a hand [in 

 battle], he received the king s commendation, and the 

 golden necklace in token of his bravery; &quot; and a wall-paint 

 ing in the temple of Medinet Abou at Thebes, shows the 

 presentation of a heap of hands to the king. 



This last instance introduces us to vet another kind of 



