 ... in their frizzled or woolly hair, which does not spread over the surface of the head, as is usual with the negroes of Africa, but grows in small tufts, each of which keeps separate from the rest, and the hairs, if allowed to grow, twist round each...  The Native Races of the Indian Archipelago: Papuans - Página 2de George Windsor Earl - 1853 - 239 páginasVisualização completa - Sobre este livro
 | James Richardson Logan - 1849 - 914 páginas
...islands whos coasts are occupied by more civilized races from whom cuttinj instruments can be obtained, keep the hair closely cropped. The tufts then assume the form of little knobs, about the size of a laiff pea, giving the head a very singular appearance, which has, W inaptly, been compared with that... | |
 | 1850 - 418 páginas
...islands whose coasts are occupied by more civilized races, from whom cutting instruments can be obtained, keep the hair closely cropped. The tufts then assume the form of little knobs, about the size of a large pea, giving the head a very singular appearance, which has. not inaptly, been compared with... | |
 | John Crawfurd - 1852 - 398 páginas
...* Journal o£ the Indian Archipelago, vol. iii. p. 684. where cutting instruments can be obtained, keep the hair closely cropped. The tufts then assume the form of little knobs, about the size of a large pea, giving the head a very singular appearance, which has, not inaptly, been compared to that... | |
 | 1853 - 422 páginas
...islands, whose coasts are occupied by more civilised races, from whom cutting instruments can be obtained, keep the hair closely cropped. The tufts then assume the form of little knobs, about the size of a large pea, giving the head a very singular appearance, which has not been inaptly compared to the... | |
 | 1870 - 452 páginas
...the hairs, if allowed to grow, twist round each other, and form spiral ringlets. Many of the tribes keep the hair closely cropped. The tufts then assume...strikes a stranger is that they have been produced by a stamp."* Mr. Pritchard even goes a step further than this, and is inclined to assure us, as the result... | |
 | 1870 - 420 páginas
...the hairs, if allowed to grow, twist round each other, and form spiral ringlets. Many of the tribes keep the hair closely cropped. The tufts then assume...which give the head a singular, but not altogether uupleasing, appearance ; for the regularity of these little knobs is so great, that the first idea... | |
 | 1870 - 846 páginas
...the hairs, if allowed to grow, twist round each other, and form spiral ringlets. Many of the tribes keep the hair closely cropped. The tufts then assume...size of large peas, which give the head a singular, hut not altogether unpleasing, appearance ; for the regularity of these little knobs is so great, that... | |
 | William Henry Davenport Adams - 1880 - 594 páginas
...altogether disagreeable appearance ; for, says Mr. Earl, the regularity of these MOP-HEADED PAPUANS. 491 little knobs is so great, that the first idea which...that they have been produced by means of a stamp. Among the coast-tribes the spiral ringlets sometimes grow to the length of a foot. In such a case,... | |
 | William Henry Davenport Adams - 1880 - 586 páginas
...their hair as closely as the authorities of our workhouses and prisons crop the heads of their inmates. The tufts then assume the form of little knobs, about the size of large peas, which give the head a curious but not altogether disagreeable appearance ; for, says Mr. Earl, the regularity of these little... | |
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