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DAYAK BELLE ENCASED IN BRASS AND SILVER |
BALANCING FEAT OF A WANDERING ACROBAT |
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| She wears a comb of silver filigree and tinsel, silver-gilt bells for ear-rings and necklets, and silver bracelets. Her corset is made of rattan hoops, completely covered with brass rings and decorated with silver coins and filigree | These travelling shows of India proceed from place to place, taking their audience and their fortune as they come. Above is seen a troupe of peripatetic contortionists who, beside their ability to twist themselves into various astonishing attitudes, are also prepared to give a display of tight-rope walking. A chance meeting with a few Europeans, and the apparatus is soon erected |