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Black and white vintage print, depicting several Andamanese or Mincopies men, wearing loincloths, and seated on the ground in front of a 'tree oven' in which a pig is being roasted, with several more people seated around an open fire visible in the background, located in the Andaman Islands, published in John George Wood's volume "The uncivilized races of men in all countries of the world, being a comprehensive account of their manners and customs, and of their physical, social, mental, moral and religious characteristics", 1877. Courtesy Internet Archive. (Photo by Smith Collection/Gado/Getty Images)

Black and white vintage print, depicting several Andamanese or Mincopies men, wearing loincloths, and seated on the ground in front of a 'tree oven' in which a pig is being roasted, with several more people seated around an open fire visible in the background, located in the Andaman Islands, published in John George Wood's volume "The uncivilized races of men in all countries of the world, being a comprehensive account of their manners and customs, and of their physical, social, mental, moral and religious characteristics", 1877. Courtesy Internet Archive. (Photo by Smith Collection/Gado/Getty Images)
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Black and white vintage print, depicting a group of New Caledonian men throwing spears, including a man standing on the shoreline in the foreground, wearing a leaf-like loincloth with pouch attached to a waistbelt, and a feathered necklace and headpiece, and using an ounep or sipp (a length of twine with a knot at one end and a sling at the other) to propel a long javelin or spear, located in North America, published in John George Wood's volume "The uncivilized races of men in all countries of the world, being a comprehensive account of their manners and customs, and of their physical, social, mental, moral and religious characteristics", 1877. Courtesy Internet Archive. (Photo by Smith Collection/Gado/Getty Images)

Black and white vintage print, depicting a group of New Caledonian men throwing spears, including a man standing on the shoreline in the foreground, wearing a leaf-like loincloth with pouch attached to a waistbelt, and a feathered necklace and headpiece, and using an ounep or sipp (a length of twine with a knot at one end and a sling at the other) to propel a long javelin or spear, located in North America, published in John George Wood's volume "The uncivilized races of men in all countries of the world, being a comprehensive account of their manners and customs, and of their physical, social, mental, moral and religious characteristics", 1877. Courtesy Internet Archive. (Photo by Smith Collection/Gado/Getty Images)
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Black and white vintage print, depicting two Warao men, wearing loincloths and headbands, engaging in shield wrestling by pressing against each other while holding large, rectangular, woven shields, with several other men watching in the background, published in John George Wood's volume "The uncivilized races of men in all countries of the world, being a comprehensive account of their manners and customs, and of their physical, social, mental, moral and religious characteristics", 1877. Courtesy Internet Archive. (Photo by Smith Collection/Gado/Getty Images)

Black and white vintage print, depicting two Warao men, wearing loincloths and headbands, engaging in shield wrestling by pressing against each other while holding large, rectangular, woven shields, with several other men watching in the background, published in John George Wood's volume "The uncivilized races of men in all countries of the world, being a comprehensive account of their manners and customs, and of their physical, social, mental, moral and religious characteristics", 1877. Courtesy Internet Archive. (Photo by Smith Collection/Gado/Getty Images)
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Black and white vintage print, depicting a Mapuche family sitting together in a village setting, with a woman wearing a beaded headdress falling down her back visible in the foreground, a basket of perishable food hanging from a beam, and a woman with a baby in a back pouch visible in the background, located in Chile or Argentina, published in John George Wood's volume "The uncivilized races of men in all countries of the world, being a comprehensive account of their manners and customs, and of their physical, social, mental, moral and religious characteristics", 1877. Courtesy Internet Archive. (Photo by Smith Collection/Gado/Getty Images)

Black and white vintage print, depicting a Mapuche family sitting together in a village setting, with a woman wearing a beaded headdress falling down her back visible in the foreground, a basket of perishable food hanging from a beam, and a woman with a baby in a back pouch visible in the background, located in Chile or Argentina, published in John George Wood's volume "The uncivilized races of men in all countries of the world, being a comprehensive account of their manners and customs, and of their physical, social, mental, moral and religious characteristics", 1877. Courtesy Internet Archive. (Photo by Smith Collection/Gado/Getty Images)
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Black and white vintage print, depicting a group of Choctaw men, wearing loincloths and decorative belts with horsetails, playing a version of lacrosse or stickball in which each player handles two sticks, with a mass of additional players, and a set of goals in the background, located in North America, published in John George Wood's volume "The uncivilized races of men in all countries of the world, being a comprehensive account of their manners and customs, and of their physical, social, mental, moral and religious characteristics", 1877. Courtesy Internet Archive. (Photo by Smith Collection/Gado/Getty Images)

Black and white vintage print, depicting a group of Choctaw men, wearing loincloths and decorative belts with horsetails, playing a version of lacrosse or stickball in which each player handles two sticks, with a mass of additional players, and a set of goals in the background, located in North America, published in John George Wood's volume "The uncivilized races of men in all countries of the world, being a comprehensive account of their manners and customs, and of their physical, social, mental, moral and religious characteristics", 1877. Courtesy Internet Archive. (Photo by Smith Collection/Gado/Getty Images)
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