Motif
abstinence during wound healing
abstinence_during_wound_healing
A motif of the Sacred Law and Social Order family. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
1 occurrences
1 traditions
andamanese
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On the Aboriginal Inhabitants of the Andaman Islands PAET III. / PLATE VIII / ANDAMANESE EQUIPPED FOR JOURNEY. / ANDAMANESE SHOOTING, DANCING, SLEEPING, AND GREETING.; lines 7907-8047 confidence: medium
Several named tribes are especially given to tattooing and distinguished by three rows of cuts down the back and chest. Three back lines are almost exclusively made by a male friend using the e'la- or pig arrow. Women have small raised cuts made by women with glass or quartz flakes. A note says the patient abstains from pork during healing to hasten recovery.
A note reports abstention from pork during healing after the severe back-marking operation, based on the belief that recovery will be faster.
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