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Dulcet Tones of the Valiha
Antanosy Lady of Fashion

ANTANOSY LADY OF FASHION

Elaborately coiffured, with necklaces festooning her tastefully-draped, flowered gown, this Antanosy woman would figure well in the drawing-rooms of any European capital

DULCET TONES OF THE VALIHA

The valiha is a four-foot length of bamboo, thin strips of the outer fibre of which are detached and strung over bridges of pumpkin-shell and plucked with the fingers

Scar-Adorned Congo Girl

SCAR-ADORNED CONGO GIRL

Yuli Ikelemba girl, showing the oyster-shell ridge cicatrisation of her tribe. Remarkable also are her spear hairpins of beaten metal, and her way of wearing them