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Native Charm Free From Gloss Of Art Family Contentment Within the Sphere of the Home

NATIVE CHARM FREE FROM GLOSS OF ART

FAMILY CONTENTMENT WITHIN THE SPHERE OF THE HOME

Costume, or lack of it, in Africa is a matter of tribal custom only. Dress means personal adornment, and her beaded necklaces and earrings and scarified skin are as important to this smiling girl as her scanty beaded apron Wandorobo architecture is elementary, a hut being little more than a ribbed and plaited sphere with room inside for the family, and nothing else. Friendly little people, the Wandorobo have a keen sense of humour, remarkable powers of observation, and a surprising talent for mimicry