 The forehead and the back of the head, of the boys, were pressed upwards, so that the upper part of the skull appeared in the shape of a wedge. This, they said, was done, to add to the terror of their aspect, when they should become warriors.  Report of the National Museum - 215 ページUnited States National Museum 著 - 1889全文表示 - この書籍について
 | William Ellis - 1829 - 574 ページ
...or spread out the nostrils of the females, as a flat nose was considered by them a mark of beauty. The forehead and the back of the head, of the boys,...said, was done, to add to the terror of their aspect, when they should become warriors. They were very careful to kaune, or shave, the child's head with... | |
 | William Ellis - 1831 - 448 ページ
...or spread out the nostrils of the females, as a flat nose was considered by them a mark of beauty. The forehead and the back of the head, of the boys,...said, was done, to add to the terror of their aspect, when they should become warriors. They were then careful to haune, or shave, the child's head with... | |
 | William Ellis - 1833 - 342 ページ
...or spread out the nostrils of the females, as a flat nose was considered by them a mark of beauty. The forehead and the back of the head of the boys...were pressed upwards, so that the upper part of the scull appeared in the shape of a wedge. This, they said, was done to add to the terror of their aspect... | |
 | William Ellis - 1833 - 342 ページ
...or spread out the nostrils of the females, as a flat nose was considered by them a mark of beauty. The forehead and the back of the head of the boys were pressed upwards, so that the \ipper part of the scull appeared in the shape of a wedge. This, they said, was done to add to the... | |
 | William Ellis - 1831 - 446 ページ
...or spread out the nostrils of the females, as a flat nose was considered by them a mark of beauty. The forehead and the back of the head, of the boys,...said, was done, to add to the terror of their aspect, when they should become warriors. They were then careful to haune, or shave, the child's head with... | |
 | Sir John Lubbock - 1865 - 560 ページ
...a mark of beauty. In the same way the boys sometimes had their forehead and the back of their head pressed upwards, so that the upper part of the skull appeared in the shape of a wedge. This was supposed to make them look more formidable in war. J „ The dead were not buried at once, but... | |
 | Sir John Lubbock - 1872 - 696 ページ
...a mark of beauty. In the same way the boys sometimes had their forehead and the back of their head pressed upwards, so that the upper part of the skull appeared in the * Since the above was written, I moment my dinner or breakfast was have met with the following passage... | |
 | Robert Brown - 1873 - 712 ページ
...Polynesian! Nevertheless, in Tahiti at least, it was at one time universal among the males (p. Is). " The forehead and the back of the head of the boys...said, was done to add to the terror of their aspect, when they should become warriors." Hospitality is not the feature which is least prominent or pleasant... | |
 | Smithsonian Institution - 1889 - 870 ページ
...head" and its features were carefully observed, and parents and nurses "often pressed or spread ont the nostrils of the females, as a flat nose was considered...343.) In general remarks on the "South Sea Islanders," t. «., natives of the Georgian, Society, Caroline, "and adjacent isles," Ellis says they "are generally... | |
 | Sir John Lubbock - 1900 - 748 ページ
...a mark of beauty. In the same way the boys sometimes had their forehead and the back of their head pressed upwards, so that the upper part of the skull appeared in the shape of ii wedge. This was supposed to make them look more formidable in war.f The dead were not buried at... | |
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