Notebooks
Story: The cutting and piercing of parts of the body
Title
The cutting and piercing of parts of the body
Collection
Summary
Cutting off the top of the little finger, and piercing ears and nose. (L II.-2. 357-361.) Describing the cutting of the fingertips, hands and arms of male and female children, and the piercing of the nose and ears of adult men and women.
Comments
1) p.356v: a note describing which parts of which fingers are cut, 2) This story is found in Book II-2
Contributors
Date
28 July 1871 (started)
Categories
Keywords
body (alteration of) , body (piercing) , body (cutting) , body (the parts cut and pierced) , finger (cutting tips off) , nose (piercing of) , ears (piercing of) , piercing (of ear) , piercing (by males) , piercing (by females) , piercing (of arm) , piercing (of nose) , piercing (considered 'handsome') , piercing (and appearance) , piercing (of adult men and women) , cutting (of finger) , cutting (of hand) , cutting (of arm) , cutting (of male and female children) , children (the cutting of parts of their body)
Story Pages
357-361
