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... TATTOOING - ANCIENT GAMES OF THEORY OF A NORTHERLY TAHITI MALAY DESCENT -- MIGRATION , CHAPTER XIX . LIFE IN PAPEETE - THE MARKET - CHURCHES - COUNTRY LIFE IN THE SOUTH SEAS , CHAPTER XX . VISIT TO THE PROTESTANT MISSION ON MOOREA - A ...
... TATTOOING - ANCIENT GAMES OF THEORY OF A NORTHERLY TAHITI MALAY DESCENT -- MIGRATION , CHAPTER XIX . LIFE IN PAPEETE - THE MARKET - CHURCHES - COUNTRY LIFE IN THE SOUTH SEAS , CHAPTER XX . VISIT TO THE PROTESTANT MISSION ON MOOREA - A ...
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... tattooed . The lowest class had merely a circle round the ankle ; the next had one stripe on the left side ; the third was marked on each shoulder ; the fourth on both sides , round the body ; the fifth was tattooed from the fingers to ...
... tattooed . The lowest class had merely a circle round the ankle ; the next had one stripe on the left side ; the third was marked on each shoulder ; the fourth on both sides , round the body ; the fifth was tattooed from the fingers to ...
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... tattooed . " He found fine harbours , from twenty to thirty fathoms deep , close inshore , with clear sandy bottom ; good store of wood and water ; and at first the natives seemed inclined to receive the strangers kindly , but became ...
... tattooed . " He found fine harbours , from twenty to thirty fathoms deep , close inshore , with clear sandy bottom ; good store of wood and water ; and at first the natives seemed inclined to receive the strangers kindly , but became ...
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... tattooing , which the Marquesans have brought to greater per- fection than any other South Sea Islanders , except perhaps the Maoris of New Zealand , their very fair skin affording a tempting parchment for the artist's work . The ...
... tattooing , which the Marquesans have brought to greater per- fection than any other South Sea Islanders , except perhaps the Maoris of New Zealand , their very fair skin affording a tempting parchment for the artist's work . The ...
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... tattooed man is a sort of walking volume of illustrated natural history , so numerous may be the strange creatures of earth , sea , and air , delineated on his much - enduring skin , -birds and butterflies , fishes and crabs , lizards ...
... tattooed man is a sort of walking volume of illustrated natural history , so numerous may be the strange creatures of earth , sea , and air , delineated on his much - enduring skin , -birds and butterflies , fishes and crabs , lizards ...
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