 | William Ellis - 1829 - 574 pàgines
...remarkably plump and healthy in appearance, they were generally very weak until nearly twelve months old. The Tahitian parents and nurses were careful in observing...aspect, when they should become warriors. They were very careful to kaune, or shave, the child's head with a shark's tooth. This must have been a tedious,... | |
 | William Ellis - 1833 - 342 pàgines
...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,...although every idolatrous ceremony connected with the treatORIGIN OF TATTOOING. 205 men of their children has been discontinued for a number of years, the... | |
 | Sir John Lubbock - 1865 - 560 pàgines
...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 pàgines
...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 pàgines
...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...of their aspect, when they should become warriors." Hospitality is not the feature which is least prominent or pleasant in the savage, and We have already... | |
 | United States National Museum - 1889 - 884 pàgines
...of the females, as a flat nose was considered by them a mark of beauty." (Vol. I, p. 343.) In Tahiti "the forehead and the back of the head of the boys...said, was done to add to the terror of their aspect." (Vol. i, p. 343.) In general remarks on the "South Sea Islanders," ie, natives of the Georgian, Society,... | |
 | Smithsonian Institution - 1889 - 870 pàgines
...of the females, as a flat nose was considered by them a mark of beauty." (Vol. I, p. 343.) In Tahiti "the forehead and the back of the head of the boys...said, was done to add to the terror of their aspect." (Vol. I, p. 343.) In general remarks on the "South Sea Islanders," t. «., natives of the Georgian,... | |
 | Sir John Lubbock - 1900 - 748 pàgines
...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... | |
 | Smithsonian Institution. Board of Regents - 1889 - 870 pàgines
...of the females, as a flat nose was considered by them a mark of beauty." (Vol. I, p. 343.) In Tahiti "the forehead and the back of the head of the boys...said, was done to add to the terror of their aspect." (Vol. i, p. 343.) In general remarks on the "South Sea Islanders," ie, natives of the Georgian, Society,... | |
 | Robert I. Levy - 1975 - 575 pàgines
...Tahiti" (Moerenhout 1837; 2:75). Ellis notes other experiences which may have been unpleasant for babies. The Tahitian parents and nurses were careful in observing...aspect when they should become warriors. They were very careful to haune, or shave, the child's head with a shark's tooth. This must have been a tedious,... | |
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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. 