Duncan Miller

"Their dress consists of all kinds of beautifully prepared skins...gorgeously ornamented with copper beads...Their locks they thread with copper beads, covering their heads all over.  Around their necks they have chains, slung round them 15 or 16 times.  Many have round copper plates suspended from these chains.  On their arms they have chains of copper and iron beads which go round their bodies 30 or 40 times.  Their legs are encased in plaited skins, ornamented with beads......


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