RECORD: Darwin, C. R. n.d. Abstract of Baker, The Nile Tributaries of Abyssinia, etc. CUL-DAR85.A80. Edited by John van Wyhe (Darwin Online, http://darwin-online.org.uk/)
REVISION HISTORY: Transcribed by Christine Chua and edited by John van Wyhe 3.2022. RN1
NOTE: See record in the Darwin Online manuscript catalogue, enter its Identifier here. Reproduced with permission of the Syndics of Cambridge University Library and William Huxley Darwin. The volumes CUL-DAR80-86 contain material for Darwin's book Descent of man (1871).
Darwin cited this in Descent 2: 353, n67: "On the fashions of Arab women, Sir S. Baker, 'The Nile Tributaries,' 1867, p. 121."
Baker, Samuel White. 1867. The Nile Tributaries of Abyssinia, and the Sword Hunters of the Hamran Arabs. London.
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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.
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