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" No doubt the natives paint themselves elaborately on festive occasions and in war time. They were fond of being painted, and two natives who were painted on board all over with engineroom oil-paint, yellow and green, in stripes and various facetious designs,... "
Notes by a Naturalist on the "Challenger": Being an Account of Various ... - Page 463
by Henry Nottidge Moseley - 1879 - 620 pages
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The Journal of the Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and ..., Volume 6

Anthropology - 1877 - 606 pages
...with obsidian flakes. I am informed that the Solomon inlanders are tattooed with short cuts thus made. two natives who were painted on board all over with...bodies a metallic lustre, like that given by plumbago. The blacking was extended ;over the faces and chests. The old women were often blackened, and a group...
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The Journal of the Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and ..., Volume 6

Anthropology - 1877 - 608 pages
...with obsidian flakes. I am informed that the Soloman islanders are tattooed with short cuts thus made. two natives who were painted on board all over with...bodies a metallic lustre, like that given by plumbago. The blacking was extended over the faces and chests. The old women were often blackened, and a group...
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Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute of Great Britain ..., Volume 6

Anthropology - 1877 - 634 pages
...obsidian flakes. I am informed that the Solornan islanders are tattdoed vith short cuts thus made. two natives who were painted on board all over with...bodies a metallic lustre, like that given by plumbago. The blacking was extended over the faces and chests. The old women were often blackened, and a group...
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Notes by a Naturalist on the "Challenger": Being an Account of Various ...

Henry Nottidge Moseley - Challenger Expedition - 1879 - 678 pages
...arms. I saw them once so worn. Flowers, also, are seldom worn, but a single Hibiscus rosa sinensi* flower is occasionally worn in the hair. The full-grown...made with obsidian flakes. I am informed that the Soloruan Islanders are tattooed with short cuts thus made. The blacking was extended over the faces...
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Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy: Polite literature and antiquities

Antiquities - 1879 - 782 pages
...elaborately on festive occasions, in war, &c. They were fond of being painted, and two natives who wore painted on board all over with engine-room oil-paint,...stripes and various facetious designs, were delighted." Mr. Moseley further says that " the skulls of turtles suspended in the temples are ornamented with...
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Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy: Polite literature and antiquities

Antiquities - 1888 - 660 pages
...to use it with effect. No doubt they paint themselves elaborately on festive occasions, in war, &c. They were fond of being painted, and two natives who...stripes and various facetious designs, were delighted." Mr. Moseley farther says that " the skulls of turtles suspended in the temples are ornamented with...
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Notes by a Naturalist: An Account of Observations Made During the Voyage of ...

Henry Nottidge Moseley - Challenger Expedition - 1892 - 540 pages
...their dark colour that Melanesians generally have adopted cicatrization so largely as a substitute. No doubt the natives paint themselves elaborately...lustre, like that given by plumbago or boot blacking. The blacking was extended over the faces and chests. The old women were often blackened, and a group...
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Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy

Royal Irish Academy - Science - 1888 - 616 pages
...themselves elaborately on festive occasions, in war, &c. They were fond of being painted, and tivo nativqs who were painted on board all over with engine-room...stripes and various facetious designs, were delighted." s Mr. Moseley further says that " the skulls of turtles suspended in the temples are ornamented with...
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