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Title: From the Congo to the Niger and the Nile : an account of The German Central African expedition of 1910-1911
Year: 1913 (1910s)
Authors: Adolf Friedrich, Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, 1873-1969 Deutsche Zentral-Afrika-expedition, 1910-1911
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Publisher: London : Duckworth
Contributing Library: Robarts - University of Toronto
Digitizing Sponsor: University of Toronto

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168. Young Sango maiden.
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169. Sango maiden with fish basket. .^M 5** ** JP Lv y 1 -Jl ^UsSt SaKsSk ^St^-. m m j «SL39tt • Er j i-mt i $ 3 1 j fin 1 • #^S FURTHER EAST 191 be wearing it after the European fashion. (Illus. 174.)Negroes as a rule cut their hair quite short. Whendancing, these girls wear on their backs a kind of drum,over which they spread out their hair, so that it may beseen to the best advantage and attract possible husbands.For everyday use, they wind their hair artistically,turban-fashion, round their heads. (Illus. 175.) Ontheir wedding day they cut off their hair, both realand artificial, and throw it into the Ubangi. During the first few days march I passed throughinhabited villages, but on the fourth day I foundthem all deserted, the population having been drivenaway by sleeping sickness. I halted at Wote, andawaited the arrival of Commandant van der Cruyssenand Lieutenant Scharf, who were on their way tovisit Yakoma. We travelled on together througha district in which tropical fore

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