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Dept. of fieldwork, kerleone, February 7, 2003 at 5:11:53 PM CET

Pinse-Tawa, A Lengua Witch-Doctor "A good type of a Lengua witch-doctor's face. Age about 55. Pockmarks and the absence of eyebrows, eyelashes, and all hair on the face is noticeable. The Indian considers himself superior to dogs, horses, and other hairy animals, and gives this as his reason for the painful operation of pulling out all hair on his body, the top of the head excepted."
From W. Barbrooke Grubb, "An unknown people in an unknown land. The indians of the Paraquayan Chaco", p. 46.

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