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Title: The cruise of Her Majesty's ship "Challenger" : voyages over many seas, scenes in many lands
Year: 1877 (1870s)
Authors: Spry, W. J. J. (William James Joseph), d. 1906 Burrows, C. Acton (Charles Acton), 1853-1948 (bookplate)
Subjects: Challenger (Ship) Voyages around the world
Publisher: Toronto : Belford Bros.
Contributing Library: Robarts - University of Toronto
Digitizing Sponsor: University of Toronto

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covered with feathers, &c,of the cassowary, hung down their backs. Theywere in most cases painted over the body, withpigments probably made from pounded charcoal,mixed with cocoa-nut oil, or lime made from burntshell. The particular vanity of these people, especiallythe men, was their hair, which was usually frizzledup into mop-like shape, or tied in some fantastic styleon the top of the head, and coloured with a red clayand oil. Nearly all carried in their hair a comb pro-jecting in front or on one side, usually made of wood,about a foot in length, with six very long, slightlydiverging, needle-shaped teeth ; the handle usuallydecorated with feathers and long streamers. Bothsexes had their shoulders and arms roughly tattooed.They appeared to be much astonished at our whitecomplexion, which they at first took for the effect ofwhite paint; nor were they satisfied on this point forsome time (not until they had actually felt and seenclosely). This would almost confirm the supposition
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ORNAMENTS OF DRESS, AND WEAPONS, USED BY THE NATIVES OF NEW GUINEAAND THE ADMIRALTY ISLANDS. (For description, see opposite page.) CANNIBALISM. 271 that these people had never previously seen anywhite men. They are, as I remarked before, veryfond of using paint as a means of personal adorn-ment ; black, red, and white being their favouritecolours, with which they also paint their canoes, door-posts, weapons, wooden bowls, and idols. There wasnot the least indication of any advance made towardscivilisation ; yet, with all this, they show a certainamount of intellectual development and feeling forart, decorating their canoes, houses, weapons, andalmost every domestic utensil, with elaborate carvingand painting. In all our researches and wanderingsover the islands we saw no signs of graves, nor couldwe ascertain with any degree of certainty how theydisposed of their dead. From signs they made, such Description of Illustrations facing this page. Figs. 1, 2. Obsidian pointed spears (Admira

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