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'Tight-lacing' in New Guinea. A boy of the Mekeo district who has passed through initiation ceremonies and is of an age to marry.

Skull showing cranial elongation, Vanuatu Republic.

Babies with tightly bandaged heads.

Elongation of the head, Mowe, N. Britain

Posterior view of cranium deformed according to fashion

Deformation, skull showing fronto-occipital flattening

Artificial deformation, 2 Labrets (lip plugs), 1 lip stud

Model of haida Shaman's gravehouse.

Three wooden semi circular labrets (lip plugs), from N.W. coast of Africa. Semi-circular, grooved, worn in lower lip.

Nose pin, Aboriginal, Northern Australia.

Knocking out a girl's tooth, Kaitish people, Australia.

Waist constriction by cane belts, Konyak Naga

Extended ear lobe, Rubriand, Solomon Islands.

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'Tight-lacing' in New Guinea. A boy of the Mekeo district who has passed through initiation ceremonies and is of an age to marry.

Skull showing cranial elongation, Vanuatu Republic.

Babies with tightly bandaged heads.

Elongation of the head, Mowe, N. Britain

Posterior view of cranium deformed according to fashion

Deformation, skull showing fronto-occipital flattening

Artificial deformation, 2 Labrets (lip plugs), 1 lip stud

Posterior view of cranium deformed according to fashion

Model of haida Shaman's gravehouse.

Three wooden semi circular labrets (lip plugs), from N.W. coast of Africa. Semi-circular, grooved, worn in lower lip.

Nose pin, Aboriginal, Northern Australia.

Knocking out a girl's tooth, Kaitish people, Australia.

Nose pin, Aboriginal, Northern Australia.

Waist constriction by cane belts, Konyak Naga

Extended ear lobe, Rubriand, Solomon Islands.

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'Tight-lacing' in New Guinea. A boy of the Mekeo district who has passed through initiation ceremonies and is of an age to marry.

Skull showing cranial elongation, Vanuatu Republic.

Babies with tightly bandaged heads.

Elongation of the head, Mowe, N. Britain

Posterior view of cranium deformed according to fashion

Deformation, skull showing fronto-occipital flattening

Artificial deformation, 2 Labrets (lip plugs), 1 lip stud

Posterior view of cranium deformed according to fashion

Model of haida Shaman's gravehouse.

Three wooden semi circular labrets (lip plugs), from N.W. coast of Africa. Semi-circular, grooved, worn in lower lip.

Nose pin, Aboriginal, Northern Australia.

Knocking out a girl's tooth, Kaitish people, Australia.

Nose pin, Aboriginal, Northern Australia.

Waist constriction by cane belts, Konyak Naga

Extended ear lobe, Rubriand, Solomon Islands.