Fore And Aft Jewellery (1928)
No title. Woman stands holding a large elephant s tusk. It is almost as tall as the woman herself. Another woman holds two bizarre unidentified items presumably bits of elephant s body. Elephant hair is about the thickest and strongest hair on earth. Woman holds the piece of skin with large hairs sticking out of it. She pulls a few hairs out. M, S of three women sitting at a bench sorting through the elephant hair. C, U of woman pulling hairs out one by one. Strange to say, whalebone strongly resembles elephant hair but it has not its strength and splits easily C, U of woman holding whalebone and pulling pieces off. The longer hairs are braided with gold wire for bracelets C, U of woman weaving hairs together. C, U of several woven strips held in hand. Fore and aft Jewellery. (Tusk and tail ) Woman makes bangles out of ivory and elephant hair. C, U of woman holding four bangles. And short hairs help to make up those fancy rings C, U of woman working on rings w
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