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THE NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC MAGAZINE 



DRAVIDIAN NAMBURI BRAHMAN LADY OF THE WEST COAST OF INDIA IN FUIX DRESS 



_ Her ornaments are of gold, and form the only covering she is allowed to wear above the 

 waist in public. Photo from ''Women of All Nations," Cassell & Co., New York, by Nicholas 

 & Co. 



the ears of New Zealanders have their 

 parallel in the fireflies worn by Central 

 American beauties and the live tortoise 

 attached to the girdles of fashionable 

 Parisiennes. It will be sufficient to say 

 that the savage belles enhance their 

 charms by all the armory of "jewelry" 

 known to their European sisters. There 



are, however, a few forms of ornament 

 which the latter have outgrown, and 

 these are perhaps worthy of a few mo- 

 ments' consideration. 



One of the little pygmy ladies who 

 lately visited London had her upper lip 

 pierced in three places, and often wore 

 small brass rings through the punctures. 



