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Deutsch: Abb. 21. Haartracht eines Korama-weibes. Das Haar wird über einem Gestell aus Pflanzenfasern kammartig angeordnet; so bleibt es Wochen=, selbst monatelang.
English: A KORAMA WOMAN
Amongst women of Hausa States of Northern Nigeria the hair is done up into a stiff ridge upon a frame of fibre, and may not be taken down again for some weeks, or even months, the erection being useful as a receptacle for coins and cowrie-shells.
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Source Die Sitten der Völker
Author Phot. S. H. Firmin.

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