Emery County Progress | 1904-09-10 | Page 2 | Made Ugly by Tattooing

baade UGLY DY ath of african native fond of the process tattooing Is almost universally practiced by both sexes ot the natives of africa it Is however very roughly done and Is altogether interior to the tattooing of the maoris of new zea land and other pacific races the method of operation Is simply to make a flit in the skin and then rub in charcoal among the less pleasing feminine ornaments must be reckoned the nose buttons ot the wa yao and the frightful oelele or lip ring of the anyanna the nose button la a cir cular disk of ivory or burnished lead let into one side of the nostril ugly as is the effect produced by this it is yet a thousand times less hideous than the oelele which consists of a round flat piece of ivory or wood fixed in a silt in the upper lips the slit Is gradually increased by the in bertlon of successive plugs each a little larger than the preceding one until it can accommodate a full sized oelele which out an inch or more in front of the face rendering the appearance of the wearer scarcely human