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Deformation, skull showing fronto-occipital flattening

Extended ear lobe, Rubriand, Solomon Islands.

Knocking out a girl's tooth, Kaitish people, Australia.

Nose pin, Aboriginal, Northern Australia.

Skull showing cranial elongation, Vanuatu Republic.

Posterior view of cranium deformed according to fashion

'Tight-lacing' in New Guinea. A boy of the Mekeo district who has passed through initiation ceremonies and is of an age to marry.

Waist constriction by cane belts, Konyak Naga

Elongation of the head, Mowe, N. Britain

Babies with tightly bandaged heads.

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'Tight-lacing' in New Guinea. A boy of the Mekeo district who has passed through initiation ceremonies and is of an age to marry.

Skull showing cranial elongation, Vanuatu Republic.

Babies with tightly bandaged heads.

Elongation of the head, Mowe, N. Britain

Posterior view of cranium deformed according to fashion