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A Dyak Girl Dressed in all her Finery ro Attend a Feast<br />

She lias in her hair a comb decorated with silver filigree work. Round her neck is a necklace <strong>of</strong><br />

beads. The rinys round her body are made <strong>of</strong> hoops <strong>of</strong> cane, round which little brass rings are<br />

arranged close toge<strong>the</strong>r so that none <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> cane is visible. These hoops are worn next to <strong>the</strong> body<br />

• <strong>the</strong> waist, and over <strong>the</strong> petticoat below. The silver coins fastened to this brass corset, and<br />

worn as belts round it, are <strong>the</strong> silver coins <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> country. The petticoat is a broad strip <strong>of</strong> clolh,<br />

sewn toge<strong>the</strong>r at <strong>the</strong> ends and having an opening at <strong>the</strong> top and bottom. It is fastened at <strong>the</strong><br />

waist with a piece <strong>of</strong> string.

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