 | William Ellis - 1831 - 446 páginas
...anointing it with fragrant oils. At other times, the intestines, brain, &c. were removed; all moisture was extracted from the body, which was fixed in a sitting...before it, and offerings of fruit, food, and flowers, were daily presented by the relatives, or the priest appointed to attend the body. In this state it... | |
 | William Ellis - 1831 - 448 páginas
...when placed horizontally, at night was frequently turned over, that it might not remain EMBALMING. 401 long on the same side. The inside was then filled...before it, and offerings of fruit, food, and flowers, were daily presented by the relatives, or the priest appointed to attend the body. In this state it... | |
 | Charles Augustus Goodrich - 1834 - 562 páginas
...outside every day. This, together with the heat 'of the sun, and the dryness of the atmosphere, favored the preservation of the body. Under the influence...before it, and offerings of fruit, food, and flowers, were daily presented by the relatives, or the priest appointed to attend the body. In this state it... | |
 | William Ellis - 1831 - 446 páginas
...anointing it with fragrant oils. At other times, the intestines, brain, &c. were removed; all moisture was extracted from the body, which was fixed in a sitting...before it, and offerings of fruit, food, and flowers, were daily presented by the relatives, or the priest appointed to attend the body. In this state it... | |
 | Herbert Spencer - 1877 - 850 páginas
...of a Tahitian chief, placed under a protective shed, says that the corpse was clothed, " and placed in a sitting posture ; a small altar was erected before...relatives, or the priest appointed to attend the body." Here the shed has become a place of worship. Still more clearly are we shown that the structure erected... | |
 | Herbert Spencer - 1896 - 918 páginas
...the corpse was clothed " and placed in a sitting posture; a small altar was erected before it, ami offerings of fruit, food, and flowers, daily presented...relatives, or the priest appointed to attend the body." Here the shed has become a place of worship. Still more clearly did the customs of the Peruvians show... | |
 | Grant Allen - 1901 - 468 páginas
...the corpse of a Tahitian chief that it was placed in a sitting posture under a protecting shed ; " a small altar was erected before it, and offerings of fruit, food, and flowers were daily presented by the relatives, or the priest appointed to attend the body." (This point about... | |
 | robert blatchford - 1904 - 230 páginas
...the corpse of a Tahitian chief, that it was placed in a sitting posture under a protecting shed ; " a small altar was erected before it, and offerings of fruit, food, and flowers were daily presented by the relatives, or the priest appointed to attend the body." (This point about... | |
 | Bolton Glanvill Corney - 1918 - 358 páginas
...with perfumed oils, which were also injected into other parts of the body and carefully rubbed into the outside every day. This, together with the heat...before it, and offerings of fruit, food and flowers, were daily presented by the relatives or the priest appointed to attend the body. In this state it... | |
 | Grafton Elliot Smith - 1915 - 164 páginas
...injected into other parts of the body, and carefully rubbed over the outside every day" (pp. 400 and 401). "It was then clothed, and fixed in a sitting posture...before it, and offerings of fruit, food and flowers, were daily presented by the relatives, or the priests appointed to attend the body. In this state it... | |
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This, together with the heat of the sun, and the dryness of the atmosphere, favoured the preservation of the body. Under the influence of these causes, in the course of a few weeks the muscles dried up, and the whole body appeared as if covered with a... 
