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Show 78 PICT0GRAPH8 OF THE NORTH AMERICAN INDIAN8. Among the fellahs, as well as among the laboring people of the cities, the women tattoo their chin, their forehead, the middle of the breast, a portion of their hands and arms, as well as feet, with indelible marks of blue and green. In Upper Egypt most females puncture their lips to give them a dark bluish hue. See Featherman, Social Hist, of the Races of Mankind, V, 1881, p. 545. Professor Brauns, of Halle, reports ( Science, III, No. 50, p. 69) that among the Ainos of Yazo the women tattoo their chins to imitate the beards of the men. The antiquity of tattooing in the eastern hemisphere is well established. With reference to the Hebrews, and the tribes surrounding them, the following Biblical texts may be in point: " Ye 6hall not make any cuttings in your flesh for the dead, nor print any marks upon you." Lev., XIX, 28. • * • " Though thou rentest thy face with painting, in vain shalt thou make thyself fair." Jer., IV. 30. ARTIFICIAL OBJECTS. The objects of this character, on which pictographs are found, may be mentioned as follows: 1. Lances. . 6. Habitations. 2. Arrows. I 7. Utensils. 3. Shields. ! 8. Pottery. 4. Canoes. 9. Sinews or thread. 5. Paddles. 10. Artificial beads. It is believed that examples showing the use of each of these objects are presented in various parts of the present paper, but the following do not appear under other headings: Many of the California tribes are expert workers in grass and roots in the manufacture of baskets, upon which designs are frequently worked, other than mere ornamentation, in geometric forms. The Yo-kuts, at Tule River Agency, in the southeastern part of the State, frequently incorporate various forms of the human body, in which the arms are suspended at the sides of the body with the hands directed outward to either side. Above the head is a heavy horizontal line. In the manufacture of these vessels grass is taken, carefully cleaned, and soaked, so as to become smooth and uniform in size. Among the Thliukit, boats as well as paddles are ornamented with painted figures, and the family coat of arms. See Bancroft's Native Races, etc., 1,106. There is no need to give evidence concerning the designs upon pottery, after the numerous illustrations in the Second Annual Report of this Bureau, from Zuni, etc. |
