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English: Great Andamanese girl wearing a "tail skirt". Such "tails" were are a feature of traditional Great Andamanese attire and may have contributed significantly to the myth of the "monkey-tailed people" of the Andamans that were common before the 19th century. Also note the traditional hair style.
Date 1890s
date QS:P,+1890-00-00T00:00:00Z/8
Source http://www.andaman.org/BOOK/chapter13/text13.htm
Author Maurice Vidal Portman (1861-1935)

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