 | United States. Congress. House - 1886 - 792 sivua
...being poor and of low birth, and as having no right to speak in the society of men. But as soon as he was tattooed he passed into his majority, and considered...sixteen, he and his friends were all anxiety that lie should be tattooed. He was then on the outlook for the tattooing of some young chief with whom... | |
 | Garrick Mallery - 1886 - 814 sivua
...considered in his minority. He could not think of marriage, and he was constantly exposed to taunts and ridicule, as being poor and of low birth, and...mature years. When a youth, therefore, reached the ago of sixteen, he and his friends were all anxiety that he should be tattooed. He was then on the... | |
 | Smithsonian Institution. Bureau of Ethnology - 1886 - 792 sivua
...being poor and of low birth, and as having no right to speak in the society of men. But as soon as he was tattooed he passed into his majority, and considered...mature years. When a youth, therefore, reached the ago of sixteen, he and his friends were all anxiety that he should be tattooed. He was then on the... | |
 | Henry T. Finck - 1899 - 860 sivua
...being poor and of low birth, and as having no right to speak in the society of men. But as soon as he was tattooed he passed into his majority, and considered...and his friends were all anxiety that he should be tattooed."1 No one can read the accounts of the initiatory ceremonies of Australian and Indian boys... | |
 | Thomas Crawford Johnston - 1913 - 330 sivua
...entitled to all the respect and privilege accorded to those of mature years. When, therefore, a youth reached the age of sixteen he and his friends were all anxiety that he should be tattooed, and he was on the outlook for the tattooing of some young chief with whom he might unite, six or a... | |
 | William Graham Sumner, Albert Galloway Keller, Maurice Rea Davie - 1927 - 1460 sivua
...being poor and of low birth, and as having no right to speak in the society of men. But as soon as he was tattooed he passed into his majority, and considered...and his friends were all anxiety that he should be tattooed."5! In the Gilbert Islands, "from the moment of weaning, a boy was regarded as a potential... | |
 | William Graham Sumner, Albert Galloway Keller, Maurice Rea Davie - 1927 - 866 sivua
...ridicule, as being poor and low-born and as having no rights to speak in the society of men. When a youth reached the age of sixteen, he and his friends were all anxiety that he should be tattooed. The Maori specialize on face-tattooing, in order to look fierce to the enemy and also to conceal age... | |
 | Philip Culbertson, Margaret Nelson Agee, Cabrini Ofa Makasiale - 2007 - 306 sivua
...exposed to taunts and ridicule ... as having no right to speak in the society of men. But as soon as he was tattooed he passed into his majority, and considered...entitled to the respect and privileges of mature years, (p. 88) Reading My Own Body Turner (1884) gives a glimpse into the beautifying of newly born Samoan... | |
 | George Turner - 1979 - 288 sivua
...being poor and of low birth, and as having no right to speak in the society of men. But as soon as he was tattooed he passed into his majority, and considered...tattooing of some young chief with whom he might unite. CHAP, vii.] ADULT AND ADVANCED YEARS. 89 On these occasions, six or a dozen young men would be tattooed... | |
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Until a young man was tattooed, he was considered in his minority. He could .not think of marriage, and he was constantly exposed to taunts and ridicule, as being poor and of low birth, and as having no right to speak in the society of men. But as soon... 