 | Josiah Conder - 1830 - 344 sidor
...Jamboh, vol. ip 85. Moore mentions it with some additional particulars. After describing the dress as a long coat made of the bark of trees, with a tuft of fine straw on the top of it, he adds : " This is a thing invented by the men to keep their wives in awe, who are BO ignorant, or,... | |
 | 1858 - 586 sidor
...agency of African tribes, Mnmbo Jumbo. This curious contrivance is thus amusingly described : " It is dressed in a long coat made of the bark of trees, with a tuft of fine straw on the top of it. This is a thing invented -by the men to keep their wives in awe, who m so ignorant (or at least are... | |
 | Hutton Webster - 1908 - 254 sidor
...visited by a Mumbo "Jumbo, an Idol, which is among the Mundingoes a kind of cunning Mystery. It is dressed in a long Coat made of the Bark of Trees,...the Top of it, and when the Person wears it, it is about eight or nine Foot high. This is a Thing invented by the Men to keep their Wives in awe, who... | |
 | Hutton Webster - 1908 - 254 sidor
...was visited by a Mumbo Jumbo, an Idol, which is among the Mundingoes a kind of cunning Mystery. It is dressed in a long Coat made of the Bark of Trees,...the Top of it, and when the Person wears it, it is about eight or nine Foot high. This is a Thing invented by the Men to keep their Wives in awe, who... | |
 | William Isaac Thomas - 1909 - 956 sidor
...was visited by a Mumbo Jumbo, an Idol, which is among the Mundingoes a kind of cunning Mystery. It is dressed in a long Coat made of the Bark of Trees,...the Top of it, and when the Person wears it, it is about eight or nine Foot high. This is a Thing invented by the Men to keep their Wives in awe, who... | |
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On the 6th of May, at Night, I was visited by a Mumbo Jumbo, an Idol, which is among the Mundingoes a kind of cunning Mystery. It is dressed in a long Coat made of the Bark of Trees, with a Tuft of fine Straw on the Top of it, and when the Person wears... 