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RECORD: Darwin, C. R. n.d. Abstract of Baker, Nile tributaries of Abyssinia, etc. CUL-DAR85.A80. Edited by John van Wyhe (The Complete Work of Charles Darwin Online, http://darwin-online.org.uk/)

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Sir S. Baker The Nile Tributaries of Abyssinia 1867 p. 121.

"The Arab women do not indulge in fashions; strictly conservative in their manners & customs, they never imitate, but simply vie with each other in the superlativeness of their own style" which consists chiefly in the most elaborate dressing of their hair, which occupies about 3 days.

Baker, Samuel White. 1867. The Nile tributaries of Abyssinia, and the sword hunters of the Hamran Arabs. London. Darwin cited this in Descent 2: 353, n67: "On the fashions of Arab women, Sir S. Baker, 'The Nile Tributaries,' 1867, p. 121."

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