laborers
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In the Tsimshian, of British Columbia, the word wok·â'ûts, "female infant," signifies really "without labrets," indicating that the creature is yet too young for the lip ornaments.
From The Child and Childhood in Folk-Thought Studies of the Activities and Influences of the Child Among Primitive Peoples, Their Analogues and Survivals in the Civilization of To-Day by Chamberlain, Alexander F.
Is it too fanciful to suggest that the labrets are a sort of peripatetic idol carried around on the person as an imitation of the tusks of this God-Mammoth?
From The New North by Cameron, Agnes Deans
The Eskimos, about the age of puberty, apply paint and tattooing to their faces, cut holes and insert plugs or labrets.
From Primitive Love and Love-Stories by Finck, Henry Theophilus
The labrets of the men are offset by the long pendant earrings of the women, which are made from H.B.
From The New North by Cameron, Agnes Deans
They are a powerfully built people, who tattoo and wear labrets and rings in noses and ears.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 2 "Chicago, University of" to "Chiton" by Various
