The Sacred City of the Ethiopians: Being a Record of Travel and Research in Abyssinia in 1893Longmans, Green and Company, 1896 - 309 pages |
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... carry with them ( these tweezers are just like the volsella of Roman days , made of flexible metal ) ; charms to ward off the evil eye ; wooden hair combs , and oddments of all sorts . Abyssinian filigree work is exceedingly interest ...
... carry with them ( these tweezers are just like the volsella of Roman days , made of flexible metal ) ; charms to ward off the evil eye ; wooden hair combs , and oddments of all sorts . Abyssinian filigree work is exceedingly interest ...
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... carry in stamped leather cases , and hang to the saddles of their mules . A very grand lady we visited was dressed in a most magnificent overcloak , for the descrip- tion of which -- it is too complicated for a male - my wife's ...
... carry in stamped leather cases , and hang to the saddles of their mules . A very grand lady we visited was dressed in a most magnificent overcloak , for the descrip- tion of which -- it is too complicated for a male - my wife's ...
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... carried before great men ; it is called the malaket , and is immensely long , about a yard and a half . It is made of wood covered tightly with skin , and ending in a gourd decorated with cowrie shells forming the orifice of the trumpet ...
... carried before great men ; it is called the malaket , and is immensely long , about a yard and a half . It is made of wood covered tightly with skin , and ending in a gourd decorated with cowrie shells forming the orifice of the trumpet ...
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... carried out through the crowd on somebody's back , a bundle of velvets and silks , with no portion of her person visible , and was conveyed to a mule which was to carry her to her husband's village some miles from Asmara . We followed ...
... carried out through the crowd on somebody's back , a bundle of velvets and silks , with no portion of her person visible , and was conveyed to a mule which was to carry her to her husband's village some miles from Asmara . We followed ...
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... carrying a heavy umbrella , made of purple velvet and covered with silver ornaments ; on the top was a cross and massive object in silver , and the edges were fringed with the long tongueless bells , which is so favourite a form of ...
... carrying a heavy umbrella , made of purple velvet and covered with silver ornaments ; on the top was a cross and massive object in silver , and the edges were fringed with the long tongueless bells , which is so favourite a form of ...
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