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ATAYAL GIRLS NEAR THEIR MOUNTAIN HOME
| Wood, bamboo, stone, rush and grass are used extensively by some of the Atayal tribes in the building of their houses; others prefer to dwell in cellar-like excavations in the earth, covered by flat pieces of stone. A quaint Atayal custom is the removal of the two lateral incisors from the upper jaw. This is practised by both men and women, and is considered to improve the appearance vastly |
WILD MOI WOMEN'S EAR LOBES IN DANGLING DEGREES OF BEAUTY
| A jungle mother's first duty is to pierce her daughter's ears, and enlarge the holes with wooden plugs of increasing thickness. She next uses heavy rings to pull the lobes down towards the shoulders. If the flesh ribbons break, the girl becomes too ugly to marry. If the weighted lobes promise to reach the bosom, the maid attains supreme loveliness |