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Identifier: worldsinhabitant00bett (find matches)
Title: The world's inhabitants; or, Mankind, animals, and plants; being a popular account of the races and nations of mankind, past and present, and the animals and plants inhabiting the great continents and principal islands
Year: 1888 (1880s)
Authors: Bettany, G. T. (George Thomas), 1850-1891
Subjects: Civilization Culture
Publisher: London Ward, Lock
Contributing Library: Robarts - University of Toronto
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Albinos. MONBUTTU WOMAN. THE NIAM-NIAM. 591 Usually the Niani-Niam dress only in skins, fastened to a girdleround the loins. The mens hair is arranged in a great variety otfashions, while the womens is scarcely dressed at all. In one Mode of hair-style, the men have the hair drawn out into a series of rays, <iressing.and stretched tightly over a hoop of considerable size, ornamented withcowries ; and the hoop is fastened to the lower rim of a straw hat by four
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MONBOTTU WARRIORS. wires. The hat (worn only by men) is a cylindrical, brimless one, squareat the top, which is decked with feathers ; it is fastened by large andvariegated hair-pins. Teeth arranged in various patterns, frequentlyincluding human teeth, are among their favourite ornaments. Their weapons are chiefly lances and trumbashes, sharp, flat pro-jectiles of iron, with several pointed prongs and sharp edges. They have 592 TFFE INHABITANTS OF AfRICA. large shields, with wliich they protect themselves from missiles. TheMonbuttu supply them with most of their weapons. The menare mostl3^ liunters, being very skilful in preparing traps andsnares; while the women do all the agricultural work, eleusine, or raffi, being the chief cereal. But the ground is exceedingly fertile,and natural fruits and other products most abundant. The only domes-tic animals are poultry and dogs; and all kinds are eaten, besides many wild animals. Indeed, the propensity of theNiam-Niam to meat-eating is so g

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  • bookdecade:1880
  • bookcentury:1800
  • bookauthor:Bettany__G__T___George_Thomas___1850_1891
  • booksubject:Civilization
  • booksubject:Culture
  • bookpublisher:London_Ward__Lock
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