Identifier: uncivilizedraces01wood (find matches)
Title: The uncivilized races of men in all countries of the world; being a comprehensive account of their manners and customs, and of their physical, social, mental, moral and religious characteristics. By Rev. J. G. Wood... With new designs by Angas, Danby, Wolf, Zwecker... 1871
Year: 1877 (1870s)
Authors: Wood, John George, 1827-1889
Subjects: Ethnology. Manners and customs. Savages
Publisher: J. B. Burr and company
Contributing Library: Brigham Young University-Idaho, David O. McKay Library
Digitizing Sponsor: Brigham Young University-Idaho

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(223) DRESS AXB OEKAMEKT. 225 times being so long as nearly to touch theground, and sometimes barely reaching tothe knee. The Dutch settlers called theseaprons the fore-kaross, and hind-kaross,words which sufficiently explain themselves.The leather thongs which encircle the legare mostly ornamented with wire twistedround them, and sometimes a woman will^yecLV on her legs one or two rings entirelycomposed of wire. Sometimes there are somany of these rings that the leg is coveredwith them as high as the knee, while in afew instances four or five rings are evenworn above the knee, and must be ex-tremely inconvenient to the wearer. Beadsof various colors are also worn profusely,sometimes strung together on wire, andhung round the neck, waist, wrists, andankles, and sometimes sewed upon differentarticles of apparel. Before beads were introduced from Eu-rope, the natives had a very ingeniousmethod of making ornaments, and, evenafter the introduction of beads, the nativeornament was much pri

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