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in this transition state when they begin to wear
clothes, they often present the most grotesque figures
by putting odd pieces of wearing aparel on
putting on single articles of dress [words crossed out]
[words crossed out], it may be a jacket a waistcoat & per-
haps a old hat without anything [insert crossed out] else
In their original state they ornament themselves by
various colourings made of red or yellow ochre [words crossed out] or partly pf pipeclay
on their chests and on the cheeks. This will serve
for coroborries & also for [crossed out: fights] war excursions,
when for war their colors seem to laid on more
thickly especially on the face & under the eyes & in such a way as to give
themselves a very wild appearance. The yellow topknot
of the [indecipherable] Cockatoo is stuck in front of the head
as an ornament. The White pipe clay color serves as a sign of
mourning. The women wear beads, often long & numerous
strings of them, made of seeds & grasses, but their
most extraordinary ornament, if such it may be called, is a
plain piece of slender bone [crossed out: about six inches] from 4 to 6
inches in length worn through the nose across the
face, the septum or curving part between the nostrils having a hole cut
through. [word crossed out]
Another ornament no less ridiculous in our eyes
are those raised marks or scars which they [indecipherable]
both on the chest and on the back just behind
the shoulders; on the chest they are usually running
in parrallel lines crossways & brought about by
a rather painful & gradual operation; they rip up
the skin, formerly with sharp edges of stones or pointed
pieces of wood, now mostly with broken pieces of glass.